Forensic psychiatry--a specialty.

Forensic psychiatry in Canada: a journey on the road to specialty.

This has been a pivotal year in Canadian psychiatry. On September 29, 2009, after many years of relentless efforts and lobbying by the Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (CAPL), the Council of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada finally recognized forensic psychiatry as a subspecialty in psychiatry. Together with the academies of child psychiatry and geriatric psychia...

Forensic psychiatry and the perturbation of psychiatrists' attention and neutrality during psychotherapy.

Most psychiatrists who practice the specialty of forensic psychiatry also conduct a general psychiatric practice. The free-floating attention necessary for the conduct of psychotherapy can be distracted by the many exigent demands a forensic practice places on the clinician. On the other hand, forensic psychiatrists are exposed to challenging cases and learn clinical skills ordinarily not obtai...

Observations on the outcome of specialty education and training in forensic psychiatry.

Who's afraid of forensic psychiatry?

Forensic psychiatry has come under mounting criticism from the press and other medical professionals, largely for its participation in the insanity defense. The author argues that the expertise available from the specialty is of increasing importance to psychiatry as a whole, as more and more legal issues become relevant to the practice of general psychiatry, and should be actively encouraged a...

Promoting research in forensic psychiatry.

The credibility and recognition of any specialty is based to a great extent on its research foundation.2 Research helps to reveal answers to the basic ques tions about a specialty, including the diagnosis and treatment of its patients; the effectiveness and effi ciencyof itseducational, research, and clinical service programs; the number of physicians it should have; and the training and experi...

Military forensic psychiatry.