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Criminal Responsibility of the Frontal Lobe Syndrome
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Sener MT
; Ozcan H
; Sahingoz S
; Ogul H
Eurasian J Med
2015[Oct]; 47
(3
): 218-22
PMID26644774
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Neurological and/or psychiatric symptoms might be detected due to damage of
frontal lobes as detected in damages of many brain regions. Frontal lobe syndrome
(FLS) occurs as a result of damage in prefrontal region due to various causes.
Symptoms due to prefrontal region damage, varies according to the size and
location of the lesion. In most of the cases; executive dysfunctions, attention
deficits, inconsistencies in social life, impulse control problems, obsessive
behaviors and violence behaviors are common clinical signs. Behavioral symptoms
seen in FLS can be confused with personality disorders and negative symptoms of
schizophrenia. FLS is a neuropsychiatric disorder rarely assessed in forensic
psychiatry and in terms of detection of criminal responsibility. In this case
report, criminal responsibility in FLS was assessed through a FLS case in which
an offense of "threat" was committed and investigated in terms of criminal
responsibility.