[Clinical and Sociodemographic Characteristics That Affect the Recommendation for Assignment of A Legal Representative in Patients With Bipolar Disorder].

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of patients with bipolar disorder who had been sent to the Forensic Psychiatry Unit by the court in order to determine factors that affected the decision to appoint a legal representative.

Methods: The reports of health council, follow-up outpatient, and hospitalization files of a total of 78 patients with bipolar disorder who had been sent to the Department of Forensic Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic of Bakirköy Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Education and Research Hospital between 1st June 2009-31st December 2011 were examined. Patients had been sent by the court in order to determine whether a legal representative was required.

Obsessive compulsive disorder and symptoms may have different effects on schizophrenia.

The aim of this study is to investigate the possible different effects of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive compulsive symptoms (OCS) on schizophrenia illness in regard to clinical characteristics such as severity of symptomatology. We included 184 patients with schizophrenia on monotherapy with a stable dose of antipsychotics for at least three months. Severity of clinical symptoms was evaluated by Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale.

[The impact of socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors on the criminal behavior of patients with a psychotic disorder].

Introduction: The impact of socioeconomic and demographic factors on the criminal behavior of patients with a psychotic disorder was evaluated.

Method: The study included 70 psychotic men hospitalized in the forensic psychiatry unit of the Bakirköy State Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases for compulsory treatment who were compared to 70 psychotic disorder cases with no criminal history hospitalized in the acute wards in the same hospital. Socioeconomic and sociodemographic data were collected and statistical evaluations were made.