1015-16: Realities of Practice in Forensic Psychiatry

An honest overview of the field of forensic psychiatry, including the need for knowledgeable nurses to enter this field. The terminology, problems indemic in the prison system, and some positives of treating this population are explained.

Presenter: Philip Pan, M.D.

Disclosures: The presenters and planners have no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose.  Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  60 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Session Objectives:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

1. Define forensic psychiatry.
2. Discuss what kinds of civil and criminal evaluations are performed by forensic psychiatry.  Discuss what types of treatment forensic psychiatrists are called upon.
3. Discuss the treatment of chronic aggression and Intermittent Explosive Disorder.
4. Discuss the realities of working in correctional psychiatry.
5. Discuss what kinds of civil and criminal evaluations are performed by forensic psychiatry.

Keywords: Forensics, Civil Evaluations, Criminal Evaluations, Treatments, Chronic Aggression, Corrections

Continuing Nursing Education
1.0 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 14th Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute
Hyatt Regency Baltimore on the Inner Harbor
Sunday, June 12, 2016
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Release Date:  July 29, 2016
The contact hours for this session expire: August 31, 2018