The Difference between Treating Clinicians and Forensic Psychiatric Experts
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Like all medical specialty boards, the ABPN offers subspecialty board certification in this field. However, in order to qualify even to take this subspecialty board examination, a candidate must have completed a four-year residency in psychiatry, been examined and attained board certification by the ABPN in psychiatry, and undergone a rigorous one-year, full-time postresidency fellowship in law and psychiatry.
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