title: [Forensic psychiatry: contradictions between clinical practice and justice].
abstract: All the different branches in forensic psychiatry have to face identical handicaps resulting from the difficulties in cooperation with the law-court. For the psychiatrist, his identity as a therapist is contradictory to his forensic tasks. The paper deals with the resulting dilemmata (partiality v. neutrality; diagnostic approach v. legal consequence; psychiatric v. legal methodology and scientific standard). The best way for both sciences to cooperate is by reflecting these handicaps and dilemmata rather than denying them.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Küchenhoff
mesh_terms: D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Forensische Psychiatrie: Widersprüche zwischen Klinik und Justiz.