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Forensic psychotherapy in Britain: its role in assessment, treatment and training
Author(s) -
NORTON KINGSLEY,
McGAULEY GILL
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
criminal behaviour and mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1471-2857
pISSN - 0957-9664
DOI - 10.1002/cbm.2000.10.s1.s82
Subject(s) - forensic psychiatry , psychotherapist , psychology , specialty , forensic science , personality , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , veterinary medicine
Forensic psychotherapy is a developing specialty within psychiatry. It has an important role to play in the often intertwined assessment and treatment of personality‐disordered individuals, both within and outside institutional forensic settings. Different aspects of this role involving the patient, the carers and the environment are discussed. The training of forensic psychotherapists is considered.