Forensic psychotherapy.

Australas Psychiatry

Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist and Group Analyst, Justice Health, Matraville, NSW, Australia.

Published: June 2017

Objectives: This paper describes the role forensic psychotherapy has in the assessment and treatment of mentally disordered offender patients, and its role in the supervision of individual therapists, staff groups or whole organisations which contain and manage this patient population.

Conclusions: Forensic psychotherapy has a valuable role to play in the management of mentally disordered forensic patients. As forensic services continue to develop in Australia and New Zealand and interest in this field continues to grow, then the future of forensic psychotherapy looks bright.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856216689532DOI Listing

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