Types of Mental Disorders

Vinkers, D. J., Beurs, E., Barendregt, M., Rinne, T., & Hoek, H. W. (2011). The relationship  between mental disorders and different types of crime. Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health, 21(5), 307-320. doi:10.1002/cbm.819

  The objective is to examine the relationship between types of mental disorder and types of crime in pre-trial defendants. The Data was extracted from 21,424 pre-trial forensic psychiatric reports made between 2000 and 2006 in the Netherlands.  Results show that arson had the strongest relationship with mental disorders, second assaults, and third homicidal alternates or threats.  Sexual and property crimes had the weakest relationship.  The psychiatric assessment is likely to be the most useful strategy for defendants under charges of crimes with strong relationship with mental disorders as shown above.

 The video is about ten rare mental disorders. The video presents the basic characteristics that describe the rare mental conditions. I can see how common people are trapped in strange mental condition. The mental disorder that impacted me the most was triskaidekaphobia that is “fear of the number 13”.

                                               

alltime10s.  (2011, 16 de February).  10 Rare Mental Disorders.  Video File.  Received of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpu3MVvdhtU