@Article{Dziurkowski2017,
journal="Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology/Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii",
issn="1230-2813",
volume="26",
number="1",
year="2017",
title="Public perception of a dangerous person in psychotic exacerbation on the example of a court expert judgement case",
abstract=" Purpose : The  present paper describes a  case of  a  patient who committed a  criminal offence and was then judged by the  media, and especially by web surfers. Mental illness of  the  patient was not taken into account, this possibility having been treated as a  way getting away with the  crime. The  purpose of  the  present paper was to demonstrate stigmatisation of  the  mentally ill, which stems primarily from the  ignorance of  society.    Case description:   According to the  case files, the  suspect was a  32-year old male with higher education who, during a  visit to his family in Canada, had a  “nervous breakdown” and returned to Poland to be admitted to a  psychiatric hospital. After a  week, he was discharged from hospital. After 8 months, he had a  recurrence of  the  illness and was once more referred to mandatory treatment. According to the  medical documentation, the  suspect suffered from an acute polymorphic psychotic disorder with symptoms of  schizophrenia. During his stay in hospitals, he uttered delusions of  remote control, persecution, reference and grandeur. In the  course of  hospitalisation, he was aggressive towards the  environment and had auditory hallucinations. After approximately two months of  the  date of  leaving the  hospital, the  subject discontinued his medication. As a  result of  recurrence of  the  illness and while driving a  car at an excessive speed, he caused a  major traffic accident, endangering the  lives and health of  many people.   Comment : On the  basis of  the  case files, the  available medical documentation and the  conducted judicial and psychiatric examination, court experts concluded that the  suspect was mentally ill, i.e. that he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. However, he was not mentally impaired, albeit, at the  time of  committing the  act he was accused of, he was completely unable to recognise the  meaning of  his actions and make decisions concerning the  way he behaved.",
author="Dziurkowski, Maciej
and Dziurkowska, Ewelina
and Zbyszkowicz, Maciej",
pages="36--43",
doi="10.5114/ppn.2017.68293",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ppn.2017.68293"
}