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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 124, No. 11

Articles | May 01, 1968

Developing Clinical Facilities in Forensic Psychiatry

MELVIN S. HELLER; ROBERT L. SADOFF; SAMUEL POLSKY

Am J Psychiatry 1968;124:1562-1568.

Director, division of forensic psychiatry, co-director, unit in law and psychiatry, clinical professor of psychiatry, and lecturer in law, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122

Clinical instructor in psychiatry and lecturer in law, clinical director of the state maximum security forensic diagnostic hospital, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122

Director, institute of law and the health sciences, co-director, unit in law and psychiatry, professor of law, and professor of legal medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122

1967-68, American Psychiatric Association

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Comprehensive clinical facilities in forensic psychiatry have been developed at Temple University through its unit in law and psychiatry over the past ten years. They range from evaluation and therapeutic services in a state penitentiary and county prison to a psychiatric clinic of the Quarter Sessions Court and a civil-legal clinic evaluating clients for the Legal Aid Society and the Community Legal Services, Inc. These facilities provide a strong clinical base for continued research and comprehensive training in forensic psychiatry.

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