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Person-Oriented Forensic Psychiatry

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The person-centered approach is very important in all areas of psychiatry, and especially in forensic psychiatry, which deals with the assessment and treatment of persons with mental disorders who have committed an offense. In this chapter, we focus on the importance of the biopsychosocial model in forensic psychiatry and person-centered approaches to diagnosis and assessment, including the evaluation of dangerousness. We also present methods and approaches to person-centered treatment and to the rehabilitation of forensic patients, and highlight the importance of attending to human rights and ethical and legal principles for working with these patients.

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  1. Associate Professor, Forensic Psychiatry Sub-Specialist, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia

    Lana Mužinić MD, PhD & Igor Marinić MD, PhD

  2. Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, 2nd Psychiatry Department, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

    Athanassios Douzenis MD, MMSc

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  1. Dept. of Psychiatry, New York University Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Juan E. Mezzich

  2. Laboratory Ethics, Professionalism, University of Western Brittany, Bohars, France

    Michel Botbol

  3. Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    George N. Christodoulou

  4. Department of Psychiatry, WASHINGTON UNIV SCH MED Department of Psychiatry, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

    C. Robert Cloninger

  5. Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

    Ihsan M. Salloum

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Mužinić, L., Marinić, I., Douzenis, A. (2016). Person-Oriented Forensic Psychiatry. In: Mezzich, J., Botbol, M., Christodoulou, G., Cloninger, C., Salloum, I. (eds) Person Centered Psychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39724-5_36

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