Evaluation of Post -Traumatic Mental Disorders from Medicolegal Perspective

Abstract

We presented five cases who were sent referred to our department for a judicial report. We discussed the effect of post-traumatic psychiatric diseases on the results of the report and we aimed to emphasize the importance of psychiatric examination in the forensic-medical evaluation. Traumatic lesions resolved basic medical intervations such as ecchymosis and laceration had been described in the medical documents of the three assault injury cases and two traffic accident cases. All cases referred to our department for preparation of a judicial report. The results of the psychiatric consultation, four cases diagnosed with 'Post Traumatic Stress Disorder' and one case diagnosed with 'Acute Stress Disorder'. We think that along with the evaluation of physical findings of cases, to have a psychical evaluation and if necessary to take the opinions from psychiatry clinics are important for a complete exhibition of posttraumatic pathologies of the individual.

Keywords

• forensic report
• forensic medicine
• psychiatry.