The Psychiatric clinics of North America
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Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. · Sep 1994
Historical ArticleThe rebirth of forensic psychiatry in light of recent historical trends in criminal responsibility.
The forensic specialist's expertise lies in mapping the interaction of cognitive, affective, and physiologic processes as they affect and are affected by the choices people make, and in connecting this analysis with laws, legal criteria, and other standards. More simply and broadly, it lies in describing both the unique and the universal characteristics of any human being and distinguishing clearly between the two. This is a psychiatrist who conducts in a different arena, and from a more critical perspective, but for the same larger humane purpose, the in-depth journey into the self and its response to stress that is the essence of clinical practice.
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Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. · Sep 1994
Historical ArticleA sketch of man's efforts to mend his troubled mind.
People have sought comfort for their miseries and a cure for their troubles since prehistoric times. View the highlights of the story of psychiatry in this lightning tour of psychiatric history.