Forensic Psychiatry: Treatment, Effects & Risks

Forensic psychiatry is a subspecialty and specialty of psychiatry and psychotherapy. Forensic psychiatry is perceived by the general public primarily through the state-run therapeutic facilities of the Maßregelvollzugs for mentally ill offenders, which exist in every German state. Placement in a forensic facility occurs after a criminal offense at the request of the public prosecutor’s … Forensic Psychiatry: Treatment, Effects & Risks

Psychoeducation: Treatment, Effects & Risks

Psychoeducation has quite generally the claim to translate complicated-sounding medical or scientific facts into a language understandable for the layman. Patients and also relatives should thus be put in a position to be able to assess exactly what, for example, diagnoses or therapy suggestions are all about. What is psychoeducation? Psychoeducation, in general, aims to … Psychoeducation: Treatment, Effects & Risks