Children and Adolescents Who Suffered Sexual Violence and Abuse: Difficulties and Changes in Comprehension of Reality

Vida Kilikevičienė Abstract The aim of this study is to examine the changes in psychic condition of children and adolescents (under 18 years of age) in cases of sexual abuse, abusive behaviour and sexual violence with a particular focus on changes in their comprehension and assessment of reality. The study focuses on changes in psychic…

Homicides, Suicides, Accidents Ant Ways of Alcohol Intoxication Reflections In Lithuania (Of External Causes Deaths In Context 1985-2012)

Alvydas Benošis Abstract The analysis of deaths due to external causes according to autopsied forensic cases in Lithuania in the period 1985-2012 was performed. We investigated 131278 cases which made up 98 % of total number of registered unnatural deaths. It was found that more than half (56.8 %) victims consumed alcohol before death. Suicides…

Analysis of the Clinical-Nosological and Criminal Structure of Insanity in Lithuania

Konstantinas Daškevičius, Jelena Marcinkevičienė Abstract Radical changes in Lithuanian politics, criminal law and forensic psychiatry practice provide rich documental material for observation of the evolution of the views of forensic psychiatrists and criminalization of mental disorders. The chronological frame for this study was chosen according to the principles of the political and legal systems of…