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Title: Forensic Psychiatry


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Forensic Psychiatry
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  • Forensic Psychiatry is the overlap of psychiatry
    and the law, and this realm encompasses many
    roles. We provide expert psychiatric opinions
    that may be helpful to courts and attorneys.
    These opinions may be required or helpful in a
    variety of criminal and civil cases.

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  • We are available to act as consultants on a case,
    or to perform evaluations, write reports, and be
    available as an expert witness. Some types of
    evaluations that we perform include

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  • Insanity Evaluations (Not Guilty by Reason of
    Insanity)
  • State of Mind
  • Fitness-for-Duty

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  • Dangerousness or risk assessment
  • Psychiatric malpractice
  • Crime investigations
  • Competency (including competency to stand trial)

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  • This list not exhaustive, but demonstrates some
    of the types of services we provide. We encourage
    attorneys and courts seeking evaluations to call
    us and discuss the case to see if our services
    may be helpful.

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  • Dr. Minhas has training in both, Child Psychiatry
    and Forensics, and so is able to offer special
    expertise on forensic issues pertaining to
    children, or childhood onset illness.

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  • These services are available nation-wide. Dr.
    Minhas has performed evaluations in criminal and
    civil cases, and has appeared as an expert
    witness in federal and district courts.

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  • For More Information, Visit Us

http//www.minhaspsychiatry.com/
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