TY - JOUR T1 - A study of prevalence of faked psychotic symptoms in malingerers referred to Tehran Center of Forensic Psychiatry in 1389 TT - بررسی شیوع علایم روانی تقلید شده در متمارضین ارجاع شده به مرکز روانپزشکی قانونی تهران در سال1389 JF - RJMS JO - RJMS VL - 19 IS - 100 UR - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2244-en.html Y1 - 2012 SP - 64 EP - 70 KW - Forensic psychiatry KW - Malingering KW - Psychiatric symptoms. N2 -   Background : As in many authorities, psychotic problems appear to be commuting. Claim of psychiatric disorder has become an important basis for offenders to defend themselves. Aim of this study was to investigate faking symptoms in forensic psychiatry evaluation of malingerers in Tehran.   Methods: in a cross-sectional survey, in 1389, perpetrators with a judicial order were assessed by two psychiatrists, using American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th Edition (DSM-IV) standards for mental disorders at the Tehran center for forensic psychiatry. Forty one cases identified as malingerers and were evaluating in another specific conversation. Collected data analyzed with statistical methods and p M3 ER -