Forensic Psychiatrist

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Forensic Psychiatrist To become a forensic
psychiatrist, you must first become a medical
psychiatrist. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor
who has completed several years of additional
training in the understanding, diagnosis, and
treatment of mental disorders. A forensic
psychiatrist is a psychiatrist who has additional
training and/or experience related to the
interface of mental health (or mental illness)
and the law.
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Forensic psychiatry is a sub-specialty of
psychiatry. It makes a connection between law and
psychiatry. To become certified, one who gets a
psychiatrists degree can enroll in one year of
specialized training to become a forensic
psychiatrist. A psychiatrist and psychologist
are not the same thing Psychiatrists are
physicians with specialty training in the
understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of mental
disorders. Psychologists are professionals in
their own right, and may have special expertise
in topics not usually studied in detail by
psychiatrists.
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• They work with both victims and perpetrators
• - They are asked to testify in court, and also do
  clinical work, and sometimes work in prisons
• In court, Forensic psychiatrists can offer an
  opinion or educated advice on whether the
  perpetrator is able to plead the insanity defense
  or not. They can evaluate if the offender was in
  the correct mental state at the time of the
  crime, to know what he or she was doing... And
  can also evaluate whether or not the perpetrator
  is competent enough to stand and testify at his
  or her own trial.