Juristische Schwellenvorgaben, psychiatrische Diagnostik und psychopathologisches Erkennen

Abstract

There have always been serious differences between the mental health (medical) and the legal concepts of illness. Neither the efforts of legal reforms between 1965 and1975, when lawmakers attempted to adopt some sort of psychiatric terminology, nor the development of operation-

Psychopathological knowledge and methodically sound diagnostics are core elements of forensic psychiatry

“…Forensic psychiatry has a demanding "translator function" between the medical-psychiatric and the legal "world" (Nedopil 2015). Therefore, it is dependent on a conceptual framework that must meet clear formal and substantive requirements: Formally, it must organize and condense the data generated during the assessment of findings and put them into a form that satisfies medical quality standards and ensures plausibility for the practitioners of the law.…”