1. Civil forensic psychiatry - Part 2: specific issues.
- Author
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Samuels AH
- Subjects
- Humans, Adjustment Disorders diagnosis, Forensic Psychiatry education, Forensic Psychiatry methods, Forensic Psychiatry standards, Mentally Ill Persons legislation & jurisprudence, Professional Competence standards, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic diagnosis
- Abstract
Objectives: This paper describes the main areas of civil forensic psychiatry (FP) and the skills required by psychiatric experts. Some specific areas of civil FP are discussed, including tort law reform, reliability of psychiatric evidence, contentious psychiatric disorders, and the many domains of civil FP., Conclusions: Civil FP is an important sub-specialty component of forensic psychiatry that requires greater emphasis in the training and continuing education of psychiatrists. A process of accrediting psychiatrists as having competency in advanced civil FP may be of value.
- Published
- 2018
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