Staff reviewed
AUTISM AS LEGAL INSANITY - NEUROCOGNITIVE AND CONTEXTUAL ARGUMENTS IN SWEDISH FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS.
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It identifies the specific autism-associated features that Swedish evaluators actually weight when deciding whether autism reaches the severe-mental-disorder threshold, which gives an evaluator a concrete vocabulary for structuring such an opinion and an argument for where the reasoning is currently weakest. It does not establish a standard or change any obligation, and its Swedish statutory framing limits direct transfer to insanity or diminished-responsibility findings elsewhere.