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24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S349–S805

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A third outcome is community tenure, which is the actual num-

ber of days divided by the potential number of days spent in the

community.

Methods

A controlled cohort study was designed over with first

results at 33 months. The experimental group consists of a new

ForACT team in the area of Flanders, Belgium (

n

= 70). Patients are

admitted from prison, psychiatric hospitals or other community-

based care. The control group consists of mentally ill offenders in

community-based treatment after release from prison (

n

= 56).

Results

Results on forensic measures and community tenure are

promising in favour of the ForACT team. In contrast, clients are

often, though shortly, readmitted into psychiatric residential care.

Substance use emerges as the main reason for admissions.

Conclusions

A local forensic adaptation of ACT reveals promising

results on forensic outcome measures, yet suffers a large number

of admissions.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

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Peculiarities of mental status and

criminal behavior in individuals

under cannabinoid consumption

V. Martinkiene

, A. Survilaite

Forensic Psychiatry Service, Adult Department, Vilnius, Lithuania

Corresponding author.

Introduction

Substance-related mechanism may be capable of

promoting brain changes in high-risk individuals

[1,2] . C

annabis

use reported to be associated in long-term cognitive effects.

Aim

To evaluate mental status and criminal behavior in indi-

viduals under cannabinoid consumption in forensic psychiatric

assessment.

Methods

A retrospective analysis was conducted of forensic

psychiatry examination reports in psychoactive substance con-

sumption cases (

n

= 170) in National Service of Forensic Psychiatry

2010–2014. Offenders, which were reported with cannabinoid

consumption (

n

= 57) were assessed by socio-demographic char-

acteristics, mental state, court order and outcome.

Results

Eighty-six percent offenders with cannabinoid consump-

tion in observed period were men. The age of offenders prevailed

from 18 to 35 years with basic education; 57.9% of offenders con-

suming cannabinoids were single

( Fig. 1 ).

A total of 36.8% of all crimes in research group were committed

against property, 31.6% – an unlawful possession of psychotropic

substances, 22.8% – committed against human health, 8.8% –

against public order

( Fig. 2 ).

Conclusions

Impulse control deficiency and emotion disorders

were prevalent among offenders under cannabinoid consumption;

17.5% were committed irresponsible, all of them due to comorbid

psychiatric disorder. More likely to offend were men, aged 18–35

years, single, who had basic or lower education.

Fig. 1

Peculiarities of mental status.

Fig. 2

Responsibility in offenders under cannabinoid consump-

tion.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

References

[1] Ghosh A, Basu D. Cannabis and psychopathology: the meander-

ing journey of the last decade. Indian J Psychiatry 2015;57(2).

[2] Addington J, Case N, Saleem MM, Auther AM, Cornblatt BA,

Cadenhead KS. Substance use in clinical high-risk for psychosis:

a review of the literature. Early Interv Psychiatry 2014;8(2).

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