ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 9

The Scope of Legal Psychiatry
Suarez, JM
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Calif.

Hunt, J
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Calif.

(Received 31 March 1972; accepted 23 August 1972)

Abstract

Law and psychiatry as distinct disciplines overlap inevitably in many ways. There are many areas in which the two potentially or actually have concerns in common, and these seem to be expanding all the time. These areas are rather heterogeneous, and range from the understanding and treatment of the criminal offender to social issues such as abortion or gun control, and all the way to highly philosophical problems such as confidentiality or the involuntary detention of the dangerous. In actuality, however, the degree and type of interaction between the two disciplines has been remarkably narrow and constricted as this article will demonstrate in depth.

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Paper ID: JFS10010J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10010J
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