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Forensic Psychiatry MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Forensic Psychiatry
Tree Number(s)
F04.096.544.335
H02.403.690.208
I01.198.780.937.469
I01.880.604.583.310
N03.706.535.351
Unique ID
D005555
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005555
Scope Note
Psychiatry in its legal aspects. This includes criminology, penology, COMMITMENT OF PERSONS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, the psychiatrist's role in compensation cases, the problems of releasing information to the court, and of expert testimony.
Entry Term(s)
Jurisprudence, Psychiatric
Public MeSH Note
69; was JURISPRUDENCE, PSYCHIATRIC 1967-68; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74, was heading 1963-64
Online Note
use FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY to search JURISPRUDENCE, PSYCHIATRIC 1967-68; use FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE to search CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 1966-74
History Note
69; was JURISPRUDENCE, PSYCHIATRIC 1967-68; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74, was heading 1963-64
Date Established
1969/01/01
Date of Entry
2024/08/09
Revision Date
2024/08/09
Forensic Psychiatry Preferred
Jurisprudence, Psychiatric Narrower
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