"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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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 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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Showtime's The Affair: the Rashomon effect, eyewitness testimony, and lack of reliability in homicide. Australas Psychiatry. 2020 08; 28(4):431-432.
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Treating melancholia at home: theoretical wisdom and grim reality in the career of E.C. Seguin. Neurology. 2013 Apr 30; 80(18):1710-4.
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Practice parameter for child and adolescent forensic evaluations. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011 Dec; 50(12):1299-312.
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Medical-legal issues in Charcot's neurologic career. Neurology. 2004 May 25; 62(10):1827-33.
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An outpatient psychiatry program for offenders with mental disorders found not guilty by reason of insanity. Psychiatr Serv. 1999 Dec; 50(12):1597-605.