title: Commentary: forensic psychotherapy.
abstract: Yakeley and Adshead present a broad view of the increasing influence of psychodynamically informed thought and practice on the British criminal justice system, adumbrating a model they call forensic psychotherapy. They explore such topics as mitigating factors, influences on recidivism, and psychotherapy with incarcerated inmates. While I am sympathetic with their overall aims, I outline some theoretical and practical difficulties in attempting to wed two very different systems of thought and the limitations that these difficulties impose.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, 400 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. victor.altshul@yale.edu
authors.forename: Victor A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Altshul
mesh_terms: D057237:Criminals / Q000523:psychology*; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans