Forensic Psychiatry
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Between Griesinger and Kraepelin--Ludwig Meyer (1827-1900): anatomist and reform psychiatrist]

7 Sep 2009 Ludwig Meyer worked as resident psychiatrist, scientist and university teacher in Berlin, Schwetz, Hamburg and for the longest time in Göttingen. He promoted social psychiatry, i. e. extramural treatment, "Milieutherapie" within the institution and ... Read more...

A Study of the SIRS with severely traumatized patients.

30 Aug 2009 Clinical research has revealed that traumatized patients often elevate feigning indicators on psychological measures, which raises the possibility that traumatization and concomitant dissociation may lead to misclassifications of malingering. Within ... Read more...

Men and masculinities in forensic psychiatric care: an interview study concerning male nurses' experiences of working with male caregivers and male patients.

30 Aug 2009 Forensic psychiatric care is largely populated by men--as patients, caregivers, and nurses. Previous research has not focused on the meaning of gender in this context. The aim of this study is to analyse male nurses' experiences of working with male ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Forensic Psychiatry'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• New models of collaboration between criminal justice and mental health systems. 30 Oct 2009
• [Between Griesinger and Kraepelin--Ludwig Meyer (1827-1900): anatomist and reform psychiatrist] 7 Sep 2009
• A Study of the SIRS with severely traumatized patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Men and masculinities in forensic psychiatric care: an interview study concerning male nurses' experiences of working with male caregivers and male patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Protecting raw data and psychological tests from wrongful disclosure: a primer on the law and other persuasive strategies. 30 Aug 2009
• New developments in preventive detention in Germany. 30 Aug 2009
• Social factors and forensic psychiatry in India. 30 Aug 2009
• Forensic psychiatry in north Africa. 30 Aug 2009
• Forced treatment of anorexic patients: part 2. 30 Aug 2009
• Assessment and management of dangerous and severe personality disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• US faces crisis in mental health care for juvenile offenders. 20 Aug 2009
• A new classification of necrophilia. 30 Jul 2009
• Sexual predator law or preventive detention? Call it for what it is. 30 Jul 2009
• [Penrose's law: reality or fiction? Mental health system and the size of prison population - international overview] 10 Jul 2009
• [Substance use in suicides in Mexico: results of the Epidemiological Surveillance System of Addictions, 1994-2006] 29 Jun 2009
• Homicides with mutilation of the victim's body. 29 Jun 2009
• [4/6. Relationships with the police, observation, examination] 29 Jun 2009
• [Psychiatric assessment of physicians on probation] 29 Jun 2009
• Comparing staff and client perceptions of needs in a British single-sex medium secure unit. 30 May 2009
• [New legislation on involuntary commitment: one law or two?] 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Forensic Psychiatry'

Definition: Psychiatry in its legal aspects. This includes criminology, penology, commitment of mentally ill, the psychiatrist's role in compensation cases, the problems of releasing information to the court, and of expert testimony.

Descriptor UI: D005555

Alternative terms: Forensic Psychiatry; Psychiatry, Forensic; Jurisprudence, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Jurisprudence;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.096.544.335; H02.403.776.655.208; I01.198.780.937.469; I01.880.604.583.310; N03.706.535.351;

Online Note: use FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY to search JURISPRUDENCE, PSYCHIATRIC 1967-68; use FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE to search CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 1966-74

History Note: 69; was JURISPRUDENCE, PSYCHIATRIC 1967-68; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74, was heading 1963-64

Technical Notes: SPEC qualif