title: A consultant's survey of the patients in a maximum security hospital.
abstract: The patients at a state maximum security forensic facility were interviewed by a psychiatrist and their files reviewed. Only 43 of the 203 patients were judged to be suitable for the facility. Nearly 60% of the pretrial defendants were judged to be capable of proceeding to trial. Of the patients, 18% were judged to be malingering or avoiding trial or prison. The implications of these findings are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006783:Hospitals, State; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*