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Mental disorders and criminal responsibility in the Spanish Supreme Court
Antecedentes: La responsabilidad criminal de una persona con trastorno mental puede modificarse si las capacidades
cognitivas y/o volitivas est谩n alteradas. El objetivo es conocer la repercusi贸n que los trastornos mentales tienen en
la determinaci贸n de la imputabilidad en la jurisprudencia espa帽ola actual. M茅todo: Estudio descriptivo retrospectivo
mediante la revisi贸n de 360 sentencias del Tribunal Supremo entre 2015 y 2019. Resultados: Se modific贸 la
responsabilidad en un 37.9% de los casos: 5.1% eximentes completas, 13.3% eximentes incompletas y 81.3%
atenuantes. Los trastornos del espectro de la esquizofrenia y trastornos psic贸ticos fueron los m谩s frecuentes en la
exenci贸n completa y los trastornos de personalidad en la incompleta. Los trastornos relacionados con sustancias
y trastornos adictivos fueron los m谩s representados en la atenuaci贸n de la responsabilidad. Conclusiones: El
diagn贸stico de un mismo trastorno mental puede conllevar diferentes grados de imputabilidad. La adopci贸n de
medidas terap茅uticas es excepcional.Background: The criminal responsibility of a person with a mental disorder can be modified if their cognitive
and/or volitional capacities are altered. The aim is to ascertain the repercussions that mental disorders have on
the determination of imputability in current Spanish jurisprudence. Method: A retrospective descriptive study is
presented through the review of 360 sentences of the Supreme Court from 2015 to 2019. Results: The results show
that responsibility was modified in 37.9% of the cases: 5.1% complete exemptions, 13.3% incomplete exemptions,
and 81.3% mitigating circumstances. The most represented disorders among the complete exemption cases were
those on the schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, and personality disorders were the most
represented for incomplete exemption. Substance-related and addictive disorders were the ones most represented in
responsibility attenuation. Conclusion: The diagnosis of the same mental disorder can lead to different degrees of
imputability. The adoption of therapeutic measures is the exception, not the rule