title: [The forensic psychiatric expertise of patients with epilepsy of traumatic origin and moderately pronounced mental disorders].
abstract: A total of 17 patients were examined with epilepsy of traumatic genesis presenting with moderately severe mental disorder and unfavourable course of the illness. Criteria were defined more exactly of forensic psychiatric assessment of chronic mental disorders in this most challenging "borderline" (in the expert respect) group of patients. Established in these cases were conditions of use of juristical (psychological) criterion of the diminished responsibility formula: the presence of manifest changes in the personality with moderately severe ("borderline") deterioration of intellect, social and occupational disadaptation, predominance of psychopathological mechanisms in behaviour of patients including those during their committing illegal actions, rapidly progredient type of epilepsy course, and chronic alcoholism going in with the underlying condition.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Semenov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018450:Disease Progression; D004834:Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011599:Psychopathology; D012917:Social Adjustment