"Forensic Psychiatry" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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 ID |
D005555
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F04.096.544.335 H02.403.690.208 I01.198.780.937.469 I01.880.604.583.310 N03.706.535.351
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Forensic Psychiatry" by people in Profiles.
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Documenting suicide risk assessments and proportionate clinical actions to improve patient safety and mitigate legal risk. Behav Sci Law. 2019 May; 37(3):304-312.
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Forensic Psychiatry Milestones: Experience After 1?Year. Acad Psychiatry. 2017 Dec; 41(6):789-792.
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New Guidelines for Forensic Assessment. J Psychiatr Pract. 2016 03; 22(2):124-7.
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A Proposed Algorithm for the Pharmacotherapy of Impulsive Aggression. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2015 Dec; 43(4):456-67.
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Avoiding Dual Agency in Clinical and Medicolegal Practice. J Psychiatr Pract. 2015 Sep; 21(5):370-3.
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Therapeutic risk management of the suicidal patient: safety planning. J Psychiatr Pract. 2014 May; 20(3):220-4.
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The validity and clinical utility of structured diagnoses of antisocial personality disorder with forensic patients. J Pers Disord. 2014 Aug; 28(4):500-17.
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Traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy: a forensic neuropsychiatric perspective. Behav Sci Law. 2013 Nov-Dec; 31(6):721-38.
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Are forensic experts biased by the side that retained them? Psychol Sci. 2013 Oct; 24(10):1889-97.
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The DSM-5 and forensic psychiatry. J Psychiatr Pract. 2013 May; 19(3):238-41.