TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - The role of forensic psychiatry in mental health systems in Europe
JO  - Criminal behaviour and mental health
A1  - Nedopil, Norbert
SP  - 224
EP  - 234
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
N2  - Background Forensic psychiatry at first glance seems to differ from one country to another due to different historical developments, different legal systems and different mental health systems. In spite of that, forensic psychiatry has several goals shared across countries, principally: assurance of treatment for severely mentally ill people who become delinquent;giving evidence to courts in cases when the offender's mental responsibility is in question;working effectively at the interface of the law and psychiatry, and, in so doing, working well with other clinical and non-clinical professionals in the field;preventing relapse of offenders with mental disorder.<p /> 
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SN  - 0957-9664
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbm.719
ID  - ref1
ER  -