Abstract:

Objective: We determined the characteristics of forensic cases who were asked for psychiatry consultation. Materials and Methods: Forensic reports prepared between 01.06.2016 and 31.12.2017 were examined retrospectively. Results: One hundred seventy-seven files were examined, 72 were affected/victims,105 were perpetrators. The victims were older (p=0.008). Males (p<0.0001), unemployees (p=0.026), singles/divorces, psychotic and bipolar disorder and addiction (p<0.0001), and involvement in the judicial cases were higher in the perpetrators (p=0.026), (p=0.013). Exposure to sexual abuse, sexual violence, physical abuse, physical neglect was higher in victims (p<0.0001). Conclusion: One of our primary goals is to speed up the evaluation times of patients and to make decisions in a shorter time in the forensic committees conducted by the forensic medicine and psychiatry departments at our university.

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