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Forensic psychiatry
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Abstract
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| Forensic psychiatry is an exciting specialty of psychiatry. It takes care of chronic, highly complicated psychiatric patients with problems in various domains, e.g., diagnostic comorbidity, and circumstantial risks. In this chapter, we will provide a brief overview of the most important issues in forensic psychiatry. First, we define forensic psychiatry. Next, key themes in the practice of forensic psychiatry are described. Important data about the relationship between psychiatric disorders and offending are shown. Several steps in the assessment of forensic psychiatry are highlighted: the process, information gathering, diagnosis, formulation, identification of risk factors, and risk assessment and risk management. Psychological and biological treatment, therapeutic milieu, therapeutic use of security, and multidisciplinary and multiagency working are also briefly reviewed. Principles of treatment in various settings, such as community treatment, secure forensic psychiatric hospitals, and prison treatment, are mentioned as well. Finally, some special populations are described, such as sex offenders, female offenders, intellectually disabled offenders, stalkers, older offenders, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender inmates. The issue of cultural competence and the situation in low- and middle-income countries are also considered. |
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Language
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English
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Tasman's psychiatry / Tasman, Allan [edit.]; et al. [edit.]
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Publication
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Cham
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Springer
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2023
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ISBN
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978-3-030-42825-9
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DOI
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10.1007/978-3-030-42825-9_121-1
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p. 1-28
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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