Yasir Abbasi, Khuram Hafeez Khan.
Forensic Psychiatry — Is their a role of psychiatric services in Pakistani prisons?.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;59(2):116-8.

The sub-speciality which deals with the interface of law and Psychiatry is known as Forensic Psychiatry. A forensic psychiatrist treats the mentally disordered within the criminal justice system. The type of mental disorders seen can range from anti-social personality disorder, psychotic illnesses, bipolar affective disorder, sexual offenders, and learning disability to co-morbid substance misuse. The type of offending behaviour also varies and can include shop-lifting, arson, theft, domestic violence, verbal threats, physical assaults, sexual offending, man slaughter and homicide. Unfortunately the sub-speciality of Forensic Psychiatry is almost non-existent in Pakistan. This is an opinion.

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