The difference between mental illnesses and mental illnesses committed by socially-minded individuals and those who have committed socially dangerous behavior is that they have different mental health disorders. The weight of these violations is so severe that they deprive them of the ability to measure and manage their actions when committing a crime, that is, they are denied criminal liability by the court. It must be noted with great regret that this issue is resolved individually in the courtroom every time after the public dangerous act has been committed. Our experience shows that, in some cases, mental illness is only detected for the first time during the forensic psychiatric examination.
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