Forensic Psychiatry Analysis and Methods for Assessing The Mental Health of A Serial Killer.
Authors:   Academic in Medicine. Potiguar University. Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Cordeiro Amanda Luiza Batista , D. Montalvão Priscilla dos Santos ,   Doctor. UniEvangelica, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Goiânia. Goiás, Brazil., Neto Pedro Dias Bezerra ,   Academic in Medicine. Potiguar University. Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Costa Pedro Nonato Silveira ,   Academic in Medicine. Potiguar University. Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Neto Epitácio Martins de Sá ,   Academic in Medicine. Potiguar University. Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil., Gomes Viviane Ferrari ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Malaquias Délio Tiago Martins ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Costa Maria Clara Guimarães ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Villca Jenyffer Victoria Cabrera ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Catarino Riala Caroline Cheloni ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Alvarenga Cristiano Bento ,   Academic in Medicine. Central University of Paraguay. East City. Paraguay., Ferreira ⁠Jaqueline de Carvalho ,   Academic in Medicine. Nove de Julho University. São Paulo, Brazil., Ferreira Isabela Marini ,   Academic in Medicine. Nove de Julho University. São Paulo, Brazil., Oliveira Melissa Vieira de ,   Academic in Medicine. Nove de Julho University. São Paulo, Brazil., Yamashiro Giovana Casarini ,   Academic in Medicine. Nove de Julho University. São Paulo, Brazil., Silva Aline Cristina Couto da ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Furtado ⁠Daniella Campos ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Prezotto Elisa Favareto ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Alineri Thalita Pinheiro Morel ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Bomfim Lívia Santini ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Klock ⁠Josmar Ramon Krüger ,   Doctor. University of Passo Fundo. Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Sabbag Gabriel Queiroz ,   Doctor. Saint Leopoldo Mandic. Araras, São Paulo, Brazil., Souza Ana Clara Pavaneli R. De ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Lima ⁠Luana Mara de ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Reis Rafaela Del Grosso ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Cabrera Elisitt Escarlet Valencia ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Emerenciano Júlia Sanches ,   Academic in Medicine. Unimes, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil., Paschoal Juliana Fontes B. ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil, Doctor of Sciences. University of São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil., Bezerra. Thiago Augusto Rochetti ,   Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil, Doctor of Medical Sciences. Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Published: October 2024

Psychosis is a mental illness that causes an alteration in the notion of reality, where a world of its own is formed in the mind of the psychotic, in other words, he lives in a delirium and suffers hallucinations, hearing voices and having bizarre visions. Objectives: To carry out a literature review on Forensic Psychiatry and how to assess the mental health of a serial killer. Method: The methodology used was a literature review. The research was carried out by means of an electronic search for scientific articles published on the Scielo (Scientific Electronic Library Online) and Lilacs (Latin American Health Sciences Literature) and Pubmed websites. The health terminologies consulted in the Health Sciences descriptors (DeCS/BIREME) were used; regarding Forensic Psychiatry and how to assess the mental health disorder of a serial killer.The inclusion criteria were: original article, published in Portuguese and English, freely accessible, in full, on the subject, in electronic format and published in the last years (2010 to 2024), totaling 26 articles. Results and Discussion: While antisocial personality disorder is a medical diagnosis, the term “psychopathy”, which belongs to the psychiatric-forensic sphere, can be understood as a “legal diagnosis”. There is still no effective treatment for so-called “serial killers”. Conclusion: Personality disorders, especially the antisocial type, still represent a real challenge for forensic psychiatry today. The most appropriate and fair place for its sufferers, as well as homogeneous treatment recommendations, are still unanswered questions.