Mesh term Forensic Psychiatry
Browse to parent terms:Forensic Medicine
Jurisprudence
Psychiatry
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Commitment of Mentally Ill
Confidentiality
Insanity Defense
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