How to correctly identify intermittent psychosis

Intermittent psychosis is a special type of psychosis because the onset of the disease occurs at a specific time. Because some people, certain things, and even certain languages, have an onset of illness, but it can return to normal in a short period of time, so this kind of mental illness is not easy to judge. What about us?

Intermittent psychosis is a type of mental illness, which, like mental illness, is very harmful, not only threatening the patient's own life, but also causing a lot of trouble and distress to his family, and also causing a certain impact on society. There are many types of psychosis, and intermittent psychosis is one of them. Intermittent psychosis is a type of psychosis with varying degrees of remission.

Only when the mental symptoms have completely disappeared can it be considered mentally normal and assessed as fully responsible. ？Although intermittent psychosis is in remission, there are still residual symptoms or personality changes, and the mental state is not completely normal, and when harmful behavior occurs, their ability to recognize or control may be significantly weakened, and it should be assessed as the ability to limit responsibility.

In the case of normal mental illness, the mind is clear and has the ability to recognize or control one's own behavior, but at the time of onset, they lose the ability to distinguish right from wrong and control their own behavior, that is, their mental illness is in a state of intermittent seizures. The most common symptoms of intermittent psychosis are as follows:

1.Associative disorders Loose thinking (loose thinking), broken thinking, logical inverted thinking, interrupted thinking, emergent thinking (obsessive thinking) or poor thinking content, and pathological symbolic thinking. 2.

Affective disorders Apathy, dullness, emotional disharmony (inappropriate), and emotional inversion or self-laughter (laughing). 3.Decreased volitional activity: inactivity, withdrawn, passive, withdrawn; poor social adaptability and decline in social functioning; bizarre behavior, introversion; Inverted intentions, etc.

4.Other common symptoms Delusions: mostly unsystematic, generalized, absurd and bizarre; primary delusions (delusional perception); Hallucinations, which often cause verbal auditory hallucinations, commentative, commanding auditory hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms.

Experts noted. A small number of patients with intermittent psychosis still have certain mental disorders during the intermittent period after reconstitution, such as epileptic personality changes or epileptic intellectual disability, which are obvious signs to distinguish the condition of patients with intermittent psychosis.

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Intermittent psychosis is a legal concept, not a psychiatric one. Medically psychiatric illness can have varying degrees of remission. Only when the mental symptoms have completely disappeared can it be considered mentally normal and assessed as fully responsible. Although they are in remission, they still have residual symptoms or personality changes, their mental state is not completely normal, and when harmful behaviors occur, their ability to recognize or control can be significantly weakened, and they should be assessed as limited responsibility.

Intermittent mental illness refers to a mental illness in which a person is not in a state of mental disorder and has completely lost the ability to recognize or control his or her own behavior. The characteristics of this kind of mental illness are: the spirit is sometimes normal, sometimes abnormal, in the case of normal spirit, the mind is clear, with the ability to recognize or control their own behavior, at the onset of the disease, they lose the ability to distinguish right from wrong and control their own behavior, that is, their mental illness is in a state of intermittent seizures.

Based on this characteristic of intermittent mentally ill persons, the Criminal Law stipulates that if an intermittent mentally ill person commits a criminal act prescribed by the criminal law when he is mentally normal, and causes harmful results, he shall bear criminal responsibility, because at that time he has the same capacity for conduct as a normal person. However, those who have committed criminal acts provided for in the Criminal Law when they lost the ability to distinguish right from wrong and control their own behavior during the onset of the disease, causing harmful results, do not bear criminal responsibility. To determine whether a person is an intermittent mentally ill person, and whether he is in a state of normal mental illness or a state of mental illness at the time of committing acts that endanger society, an evaluation must also be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law and in accordance with legal procedures.

Legal Analysis: Intermittent mental illness refers to a mental patient who is not in a state of mental disorder and has completely lost the ability to recognize or control his or her own behavior. This manifestation of psychopaths is characterized by:

In the case of normal mind, the mind is clear and has the ability to recognize or control one's own behavior, and at the time of the onset of the disease, it loses the ability to distinguish right from wrong and control one's own behavior, that is, its mental illness is in a state of intermittent seizures.

Legal basis: Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China Article 18: Where a mentally ill person causes harmful results when he is unable to recognize or control his or her own behavior, and it is confirmed through legally-prescribed procedures, he does not bear criminal responsibility, but his family or guardian shall be ordered to strictly supervise and receive medical treatment; When necessary, by ** compulsory medical treatment. An intermittent mentally ill person who commits a crime when he is mentally normal shall bear criminal responsibility.

Where a mentally ill person who has not completely lost the ability to recognize or control his or her own conduct commits a crime, he shall bear criminal responsibility, but the punishment may be mitigated or commuted. A person who commits a crime while intoxicated shall bear criminal responsibility.