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5. Forensic psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Dawn Black ,
Elspeth Guthrie  and
Peter Snowden
Dawn Black
Affiliation:
Hope Hospital, Eccles New Road, Salford 6, Lancashire
Elspeth Guthrie
Affiliation:
Gaskell House, Swinton Grove, Manchester M13 0EW
Peter Snowden
Affiliation:
Edenfield Centre, Prestwich Hospital, Prestwich, Manchester M25 7BL
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Forensic psychiatry is a relatively new subspeciality concerned with giving advice on, and with the assessment and treatment of, mentally abnormal offenders. The forensic psychiatrist works at the interface between psychiatry and the law.

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Careers in Psychiatric Specialities
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , March 1991 , pp. 151 - 152
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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Further reading

Blugrass, R. & Bowden, P. (1990) Principles and Practices of Forensic Psychiatry. London: Churchill Livingstone.Google Scholar
Faulk, M. (1988) Basic Forensic Psychiatry. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.Google Scholar
Griffin, N. V. (1989) Multiprofessional care in forensic psychiatry: realities and constraints. Psychiatric Bulletin, 13, 613–615.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Royal College of Psychiatrists (1988) The role, responsibilities and work of the consultant forensic psychiatrist. A discussion document. Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 12, 246–249.Google Scholar
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