Psychiatry and Psychology

Forensic Psychiatry

Psychiatry in its legal aspects. This includes criminology, penology, COMMITMENT OF PERSONS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, the psychiatrist's role in compensation cases, the problems of releasing information to the court, and of expert testimony.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Psychiatry in its legal aspects. This includes criminology, penology, COMMITMENT OF PERSONS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, the psychiatrist's role in compensation cases, the problems of releasing information to the court, and of expert testimony.

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3 entry terms
  • Psychiatry, Forensic
  • Jurisprudence, Psychiatric
  • Psychiatric Jurisprudence

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

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

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  2. H02w.403w.690w.208w
  3. I01w.198w.780w.937w.469w
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  5. N03w.706.535w.351w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Forensic Psychiatry. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005555. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005555
  2. Forensic Psychiatry. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_psychiatry
  3. Forensic Psychiatry. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1407263