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Table 2 Forensic and clinical data of the FPSUs

From: CANFOR Portuguese version: validation study

 

Forensic and clinical data

(n=143)

n

%

Judicial status

  

Prisoners

  

      Convicted

77

53.8

      On Remand

37

25.9

NGRI*, security measure

29

20.3

Actual offence

  

Offences against persons

85

59.4

Offences against property

32

22.4

Other

26

18.2

Prior judicial history

  

No convictions

71

49.7

Suspended sentence

18

12.6

Sentenced to prison

50

35.0

Security measure

3

2.1

Unknown

1

0.7

Number of prior convictions

  

One

8

5.6

2 to 5

48

33.6

more than 5

15

10.5

Referral reasons for prisoners**   (n=114)

  

Psychopathology

87

76.3

Danger to self

47

41.2

Danger to others

26

22.8

Drug withdrawal

18

15.8

Other

17

14.9

MINI diagnostic, current   (n=114)

  

Major depression

64

56.1

Major depression with melancholic features

23

20.2

Dysthymia

9

7.8

Suicide risk

50

43.9

Mania, Hypomania

11

9.6

Panic disorder

10

8.8

Agoraphobia

4

3.5

Social phobia

2

1.8

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

5

4.4

Posttraumatic stress disorder

23

20.2

Alcohol dependence/abuse

10

8.8

Non-alcohol substance dependence/abuse

54

47.4

Psychotic disorders

16

14.0

Anorexia nervosa

2

1.8

Bulimia nervosa

16

14.0

Generalized anxiety disorder

52

45.6

Antisocial personality disorder, lifetime

49

43.0

  1. 1 Not guilty by reason of insanity. ** One or more referral reasons.