Forensic psychiatry is the sub-discipline of general adult mental health work which
deals with the assessment and rehabilitation of those people with serious mental
disorders who present a risk of offending. It is a multi-disciplinary activity and
this is reflected in the teaching methods. The specialisation exposes students to
a range of issues including the relationship between mental disorders and offending,
legal and ethical issues and risk rehabilitation.
The course attracts professionals (both health and legal) presently working, or
with a desire to work, in mental health and correctional settings. The
course also attracts recent graduates in psychology or those wishing to take individual
modules as part of other postgraduate studies.
Courses in this subject area are
offered in a
Flexible learning format.
Read more about our
PSYCHIAT courses.
Possible programmes
A printable flyer is available for this subject.
Forensic Psychiatry flyer(157.7KB PDF)
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