Clinical impressions suggest that forensic patients in Belgium have more complex needs regarding care and risk in recent years than before. In this article, we analyzed psychometric data regarding patients' symptoms, risk estimates, antisocial personality traits, and functional capabilities over a 10-year span in a medium-security unit for rehabilitation of forensic patients. Data from a total of 129 patients with a main diagnosis of psychosis were analyzed. Results confirmed that patients had higher risk assessment estimates, more psychopathic/antisocial personality traits, and lower cognitive and functional capabilities. The average psychotic symptom levels and protective factors did not statistically change over the ten-year period. The changes are thought to be due to a new forensic law and the creation of new high- and medium-risk beds.

临床印象表明，比利时的法医患者近年来对护理和风险的需求比以前更加复杂。在本文中，我们分析了 10 年间，在法医患者康复的中等安全单位中有关患者症状、风险估计、反社会人格特征和功能能力的心理测量数据。分析了总共 129 名主要诊断为精神病的患者的数据。结果证实，患者具有更高的风险评估估计值、更多的精神病/反社会人格特征以及更低的认知和功能能力。在十年期间，平均精神病症状水平和保护因素在统计上没有变化。这些变化被认为是由于新的法医法和新的高风险和中等风险床位的创建。