The Future of Forensic Psychiatry

U radu autor na temelju svog vrsnog poznavanja psihijatrijske teorije i prakse u prošlosti i sadašnjosti po prvi put formulira kao gotovo sigurnu prognostičku konstrukciju teze o razvoju psihijatrije u budućnosti. Najprije se razmatraju definicijske granice pojedinih forenzičkopsihijatrijskih područja, a potom ubrojivost i sloboda volje, procjena opasnosti za okolinu i/ili za vlastitu osobu te univerzalne klasifikacije mentalnih poremećaja. Slijedi osvrt na pojedina civilnopravna pitanja forenzičke psihijatrije, na koji se nadovezuje dalje razmatrana tematika forenzičke psihijatrije dječje i adolescentne dobi. Autor ističe da će enorman znanstveni napredak korjenito promijeniti samu bit forenzičke psihijatrije te da će fenomen “prevelikog znanja“ ugroziti dosadašnje modele suradnje forenzičke psihijatrije i prava i zahtijevati nova, revolucionarna rješenja. U zaključku se iznose konkretne ideje o smjeru budućeg razvoja forenzičkopsihijatrijskog zakonodavstva i forenzičke psihijatrije na globalnoj razini.Based on his deep knowledge of past and present psychiatric theory and practice, the author of this paper formulates for the first time the almost inevitable prognostic construction of the thesis on the development of psychiatry in the future. The definition of the boundaries of individual forensic psychiatry areas is considered first. This is followed by an examination of mental capacity and freedom of will, an assessment of danger to the environment and/or to one’s own person, and by the universal classifications of mental disorders. Next, issues of specific civil-law forensic psychiatry are reviewed, and this is connected to further consideration of the topic of forensic psychiatry concerning children and adolescents. The author emphasises that huge scientific progress will transform the very essence of forensic psychiatry and that the phenomenon of “too much knowledge” will jeopardise the present models of cooperation between forensic psychiatry and law, which will require new, revolutionary solutions. Specific ideas are presented in the conclusion on the directions of the future development of forensic psychiatry legislation and forensic psychiatry at the global level