ある高齢者の家族殺人に関して思う・・・
2008年 06月 25日
77歳の祖父・・・「妻に以前から『邪魔だ』と言われていた」などと供述・・不眠症で病院に通い、投薬治療を受けていた・・・けさ起きたとき殺そうと思い、家族全員を殺せば楽になると思った。ばあさん、息子、嫁、孫をハンマーでたたいた・・・興奮気味に供述しているという。http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20080625-00000002-sph-soci
類推で書くことは問題だが・・・キーワードをふまえると・・・Delirium(せん妄)を疑ってしまう
Delirium(emedicine)
Some patients with delirium also may become suicidal or homicidal
Delirium is mistaken for dementia or depression, especially when patients are quiet or withdrawn. However, by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) criteria, dementia cannot be diagnosed with certainty when delirium is present.
Health professionals can do Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE), depression assessment screening using DSM-IV-TR criteria, or the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). They can also assess for suicidal and homicidal risk if necessary. Health professionals can directly ask patients about suicidal or homicidal ideation (thoughts), intent, and plan.
Delirium is a common cause for psychotic symptoms, bizarre delusions, abnormal behavior, and thought disorders. Agitated patients are at risk for violent and abnormal behavior and in rare circumstances, agitation can lead to attempts of homicidal.
The mental status is a bedside or interview assessment that dramatically fluctuates. It includes the patient's appearance, affect (mood), thoughts (especially the presence of hallucinations and delusions), inquiry into self-destructive behavior,homicidal behavior, judgment and, in this diagnosis, orientation, immediate, recent, and long-term memory.
老人の譫妄というのは、実に怖い思いをすることがある。
それが、器質的疾患によるものという場合もあるのである。
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原発性副甲状腺機能亢進症・高カルシウム血症にて殺人を犯したケース
Primary hyperparathyroidism, hypercalcemia, paranoid delusions, homicide, and attempted murder.
J Forensic Sci. 1987 Sep;32(5):1460-3.
殺人行動・パラノイア:副甲状腺機能亢進症と高カルシウム血症の事例
by internalmedicine | 2008-06-25 16:25 | 精神・認知