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CMH5117 Contemporary Issues in Forensic Mental Health
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
Credit Points: 20
 
Description:
The development of specialist services and recognition that mentally disordered offenders have special needs has highlighted the necessity for specific training in this area. This unit will provide an understanding of the development of forensic psychiatry, both nationally and internationally, will help to identify how services have evolved and what the role of the forensic psychiatric clinician is. Legal and ethical issues will be explored and applied to forensic mental health practice. Students will also develop an understanding of how offending behaviour and mental disorders present in forensic settings and how to provide meaningful assessments and treatment interventions.

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Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2014 VET: 14/05/2014