PSYT 504. Issues In Forensic Mental Health.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Psychiatry (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The course will review current forensic mental health issues at the various stages the criminal justice process, clinical and behavioural specificities and vulnerabilities of special populations of offenders. It will also review risk factors for aggressive behaviour and criminality, assessment methods as well as current debates in the field of forensic mental health.
- Prerequisite: Special permission of instructor.
- Note: Enrolment limited to 30 students. The course will be taught in English, papers can be submitted in English or French.