Forensische Psychiatrie ohne Diagnosen

The dangers of using diagnoses outside of established psychiatric nosology in the courtroom: Analysis and discussion of current Swiss legal precedent from a medical perspective

“…This point is also emphasised in a German standard textbook in forensic psychiatry: 10 In the forensic psychiatric literature (e.g. de Tribolet-Hardy, Lehner, & Habermeyer, 2015) as well as in the general psychiatric literature (e.g. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Nervenheilkunde, 2013), the weaknesses of today's diagnostic systems are discussed, especially in the context of the publication of the 5th edition of the "Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders" of the American Psychiatric Association (Falkai and Wittchen, 2015).…”