title: [Evaluation on social function in cases involving sexual assault of patients with mental retardation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore social function in assessment of self-defense capability of patients with mental retardation against sexual assault.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data of 125 sexual assault victims with mental retardation were collected according to our forensic psychiatry assessment criteria. Mental retardation was rated with WAIS-RC, GAF, and the rating scale of the intelligence disability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were significant differences in occupation, marital status, education, knowledge about sex, and history of pregnancy among the patients with different levels of self-defense capability. The kappa values of the rating scale score of the intelligence disability, GAF, and IQ were 0.710, 0.661, and 0.494; the kappa values of that and self-defense capability were 0.538, 0.472, and 0.316 respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The level of social function is very important in the assessment of self-defense capability in patients with mental retardation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Psychiatry, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. whb5678@163.com
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bao-Hua
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun-Mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019548:Crime Victims; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012742:Sex Offenses; D012917:Social Adjustment; D055815:Young Adult