An introduction to forensic psychiatry.

Date:
1980
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Description

By means of a re-enacted interview with a patient, Professor John Gunn reviews the interrelationship between the clinical and legal roles of the psychiatrist in diagnosing mental states of alleged criminals and in their trial and disposal. He explores the differing concepts of 'responsiblity', and looks at the three phases where the psychiatrist's contribution is critical: a) in the evaluation of fitness to plead, b) in the establishment of intent to commit a crime, and c) in the sentencing, choice of treatment and long-term care.

Publication/Creation

London : University of London Audio-Visual Centre, 1980.

Physical description

1 videocassette (VHS) (36.14 min.) : sound, color, PAL.
1 videocassette (Umatic) (36.14 min.) : sound, color, PAL.
1 videocassette (1 inch IVC) (36.14 min.) : sound, color, PAL.
1 videocassette (Digibeta) (36.14 min.) : sound, color, PAL.
1 DVD (36.14 min.) : sound, black and white.

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This video is one of around 310 titles, originally broadcast on Channel 7 of the ILEA closed-circuit television network, given to Wellcome Trust from the University of London Audio-Visual Centre shortly after it closed in the late 1980s. Although some of these programmes might now seem rather out-dated, they probably represent the largest and most diversified body of medical video produced in any British university at this time, and give a comprehensive and fascinating view of the state of medical and surgical research and practice in the 1970s and 1980s, thus constituting a contemporary medical-historical archive of great interest.

Creator/production credits

Presented by John Gunn, Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London. With Richard Ireson. Medical Editor, Julian Bird. Produced by Martin Hayden. Made by University of London Audio-Visual Centre. Made for British Postgraduate Medical Federation.

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