Nedopil Norbert, Gunn John, Thomson Lindsay
Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Munich, Nussbaumstr. 7D-80336, Munich, Germany.
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2012 Oct;22(4):238-46. doi: 10.1002/cbm.1845.
Forensic psychiatry was long regarded as sufficiently defined by the laws of a country to be restricted by national boundaries in all but a few areas. European Union (EU) employment rights and travel facilities have changed that within the EU.
The goal of this research is to explore the role and development of a network of teachers and trainees in forensic psychiatry.
European Union countries differ widely in the extent to which they recognise forensic psychiatry as a specialty and thus also in the amount of training clinicians receive before they present themselves as expert witnesses in court, or develop or run services, or manage and treat individual offender patients. Nevertheless, a summer seminar for practicing clinicians, who also present evidence to court and for bodies considering discharge of potentially dangerous patients, has proved a useful forum for joint 'European learning'. Participants have left with a sense of improved understanding of their own law and practices as well as new perspectives on what works for offenders with mental disorder.
长期以来，法医精神病学被认为在很大程度上由一个国家的法律所界定，除少数领域外，其活动范围受国界限制。欧盟的就业权利和旅行便利改变了欧盟内部的这种情况。
本研究的目标是探讨法医精神病学教师和学员网络的作用与发展。
欧盟国家在将法医精神病学视为一门专业的认可程度上差异很大，因此临床医生在以专家证人身份出庭、开展或运营服务、管理和治疗个别罪犯患者之前接受的培训量也各不相同。然而，为执业临床医生举办的暑期研讨会已被证明是一个有益的“欧洲学习”联合论坛，这些临床医生还会向法庭及考虑释放潜在危险患者的机构提供证据。参与者在离开时，对本国法律和实践有了更好的理解，同时对如何治疗患有精神障碍的罪犯也有了新的认识。
