Forensic Psychiatry
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Courses offered by Forensic Psychiatry :
Our teaching activities are as follows :
Undergraduate courses :
- APP Community Dimension, Psychiatry, 4 hours
- APP Community Dimension, Ethics, 6 hours
- AMC Forensic Psychiatry, 30 hours
- Optional courses, 16 hours
- Introduction to Criminology, Faculty of Law, 8 hours
Postgraduate courses :
- Multidisciplinary Forensic Psychiatry Seminar, 12 hours
- Medico-Legal Sexology, 2 hours
- Expertise in Child Psychiatry, 6 hours
Continuing Education :
- Forensic Psychiatry, course in preparation.
Paramedical course :
- Nursing School, FSASD, Swiss Training Centre for Prison Staff, 20 hours.
Main areas of research of Forensic Psychiatry :
Research fields :
- Evaluative Psychiatry in the medico-legal field
Ongoing research :
- Credibility of allegations of child sexual abuse: Comparative study of the methods of intuitive, clinical and standardized evaluation (Niveau G., Berclaz M., Roth D., Dang C., Lacasa M-J.)
- French translation and adaptation of different tools for evaluating danger, in particular the FOTRES, in collaboration with the team of Dr Urbaniok, Zurich
- Exceptional derogations to medical confidentiality (Niveau G., Ummel M., Chiesa S.)
- Personality disorders and criminal liability (Niveau G.)
Some recent publications :