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<journal-id>1409-0015</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina Legal de Costa Rica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Med. leg. Costa Rica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1409-0015</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Costarricense de Medicina Forense]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S1409-00152016000100079</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Inimputabilidad por trastornos mentales en el sistema legal]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez Umaña]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Silvia Vanessa]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Soto Cerdas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jahaira Vanessa]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quirós Quirós]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Víctor Daniel]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Sáenz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcela]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,dra.silvia-alvarez@hotmail.com  ]]></institution>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>79</fpage>
<lpage>84</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000100079&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000100079&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000100079&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El código penal costarricense admite la posibilidad de eximir de responsabilidad penal a los individuos que presentan algún trastorno mental en el momento del acto delictivo. La psiquiatría forense tiene como uno de usus fines determinar el grado de imputabilidad de todo sujeto a quien se le presuma afectado de enfermedad psíquica. La intervención es objetiva y esto se consigue a través de la entrevista y el examen del estado mental del sujeto. Durante el interrogatorio se evalúa la conciencia, la lucidez, el raciocinio, el jucio y la impulsividad. Se han determinado enfermedades que se excluyen de responsabilidad penal total o parcial como la esquizofrena, la paranoia en forma de delirio y la epilepsia en sus diferentes variables. Asimismo, se hace referencia al trastorno mental transitorio (TMT) que se da cuando el curso de la alteración implica un estado de recuperación de las facultades mentales superiores y el acusado puede retornar a una condición de normalidad psíquica.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Costa Rica&#8217;s penal code allows the possibility of exempting from criminal responsibility to individuals who have a mental disorder at the time of the criminal act. Forensic psychiatry aims to determine the degree of accountability of every person who is presumed will be affected by mental illness. The intervention is objective and this is achieved through the interview and mental exam. At the examination, the professional has to evaluate consciousness, lucidity, reasoning, judgment and impulsiveness. There are certain diseases that are excluded from total or partial criminal liability as different variables of schizophrenia, paranoia, delirium and epilepsy. In addition, referring to transient mental disorder (TMD), it occurs when the course of the alteration involves a recovery state of the mental faculties and the person can return to a normal mental condition.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Imputabilidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[capacidad civil]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[responsabilidad penal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[enfermedad mental]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[trastorno mental transitorio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[peritaje.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[accountability]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[civil capacity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[criminal responsibility]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[criminal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mental illness]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[transient mental disorder]]></kwd>
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