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Forensic psychiatry is a
specialty which helps mentally disorder people who are a
risk to the public. It covers such areas as: the assessment and
treatment of mentally disordered offenders; investigation of
complex relationships between mental disorder and criminal
behaviour; working with criminal justice agencies to support
patients and protection of the public. Forensic
psychiatrists work side by side with others including the police,
probation service, courts, Crown Prosecution Service, prisons.
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