title: Video-linked court liaison services: forging new frontiers in psychiatry in Western Australia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the use of videoconferencing that is providing a specialist forensic service to remote parts of Western Australia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Court liaison has been shown to be an effective intervention for people with mental illness within the justice system. Most such programmes occur within metropolitan areas in Australia. Videoconferencing facilitates the provision of specialized forensic services to courts in remote parts of Australia.
authors.affiliation: Community Forensic Mental Health Services, Perth, WA, Australia. adam.brett@health.wa.gov.au
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brett
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blumberg
mesh_terms: D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D019114:Remote Consultation; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000600:supply & distribution; D049269:Videoconferencing; D014904:Western Australia