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Forensic
psychiatry is a specialty which helps mentally
disordered 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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