Problemas del proceso de peritaje psicológico de una persona adulta para determinar su internamiento en el área de inimputables en las instituciones de salud mental en el Ecuador.

Abstract

His research work aims to analyze the main problems in declaring an adult person as unimputable in mental health institutions in Ecuador. The research had a descriptive qualitative approach and a non-experimental design, in which the participants were ten professionals, five of them mental health professionals; two psychologists and three psychiatrists, and five legal professionals; four criminal lawyers and one former judge. A structured interview was used as a data production technique to obtain precise information about the central idea of the research. The interview was conducted in a single session in two modalities, face-to-face and virtual. The results acquired on the main problems within the expertise process are as follows; the lack of certified professionals, lack of knowledge about the type of instruments to be applied, political problems such as the lack of legislation in the country on this process, and social problems such as the lack of interest in rehabilitating the accused.