What is Forensic Psychiatry
Forensic psychiatry is a medical subspecialty that includes research and clinical practice in the many areas in which psychiatry is applied to legal issues.
While some forensic psychiatrists may specialize exclusively in legal issues, almost all psychiatrists may, at some point, have to work within one of the many areas in which the mental health and legal system overlap.
AAPL welcomes both the forensic specialist and the general psychiatrist who seeks information and professional support in those domains in which psychiatry an the law share a common boundary.
Forensic Psychiatry Areas
- Violence
- Criminal responsibility
- Competence, civil and criminal
- Child custody and visitation
- Psychic injury
- Mental disability
- Malpractice
- Confidentiality
- Involuntary treatment
- Correctional psychiatry
- Juvenile justice
- Ethics and human rights