Forensic Psychiatry

Forensic Psychiatry - Legal Medicine

How it begins

Forensic Psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry and legal medicine that deals with the intersections between mental health and the law. Its fundamental objective is not therapeutic, but expert: it consists of the translation of psychopathological findings into the language and requirements of the justice system, assisting judges and courts in making decisions related to criminal liability,…

What it covers

1. · 1. Psychic Anomaly or Alteration (Mental Alienation)
2. · 2. Transient Mental Disorder (TMT)
3. · 3. Full Intoxication and Withdrawal Syndrome
4. · 4. Alterations in Perception
5. Criminal Phenomenology in Psychosis
6. Chronic Delusional Disorder (Paranoia)
7. The Jurisprudential Evolution of TP
8. The Construct of Psychopathy (Cleckley and Hare)
9. Levels of Affect by Substances and Guilt
10. Clinical-Toxicological Correlations in Criminalistics
11. Evaluation of Decision Making Capacity
12. Testamentary Capacity Criteria (Historical Rules of Banks v. Goodfellow, 1870)
13. Strategies and Semiology for the Detection of Psychiatric Simulation
14. Psychometric Tools in Simulation Evaluation
15. · Ganser Syndrome
16. Causality Link and Simonin Criteria
17. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Forensic
18. Phases of the Expert Methodology
19. Structure of the Psychiatric Expert Report (Opinion)
20. The Expert Evidence at the Oral Hearing (The Trial)