Psychiatric Relapse and Criminal Recidivism of Individuals Found Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder After Absolute Discharge

Karine Forget^{1

2}, Pierre Gagné¹, Schriebert Staco Douyon³, Clémence Poirier¹, Jolène LeBlanc¹, Marie-Claude Bilodeau⁴, Yann Le Corff^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Département de psychiatrie, 12370Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
² Groupe de recherche et d'intervention sur les adaptations sociales de l'enfance de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
³ Département de psychiatrie, 90756Hôpital Pierre Janet, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Département de psychiatrie, 157801Hôpital Sainte-Croix, Drummondville, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Département d'orientation professionnelle, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Karine Forget et al. Can J Psychiatry. 2022 Nov.

. 2022 Nov;67(11):864-866.

doi: 10.1177/07067437221116983. Epub 2022 Aug 4.

Karine Forget^{1

2}, Pierre Gagné¹, Schriebert Staco Douyon³, Clémence Poirier¹, Jolène LeBlanc¹, Marie-Claude Bilodeau⁴, Yann Le Corff^{1

2

5}

¹ Département de psychiatrie, 12370Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
² Groupe de recherche et d'intervention sur les adaptations sociales de l'enfance de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
³ Département de psychiatrie, 90756Hôpital Pierre Janet, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Département de psychiatrie, 157801Hôpital Sainte-Croix, Drummondville, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Département d'orientation professionnelle, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: absolute discharge; criminal recidivism; not criminally responsible; psychiatric relapse.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

1. Criminal Code, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46. Sect 672.54.
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