Psychiatry and Psychology

Forensic Psychology

A specialty in professional psychology characterized by activities primarily intended to provide professional psychological expertise within the judicial and legal systems.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A specialty in professional psychology characterized by activities primarily intended to provide professional psychological expertise within the judicial and legal systems.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Psychology, Forensic

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Aspects Covered

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

2019

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Previous Indexing

  • Forensic Psychiatry (1980-2018)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. F04.096w.628w.049w
  2. I01w.198w.780w.960w

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NLM Classification

W 740

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Forensic Psychology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000077283. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000077283
  2. Forensic Psychology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_psychology
  3. Forensic Psychology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932219