PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Victor A. Altshul
TI  - Commentary: Forensic Psychotherapy
DP  - 2013 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 46--48
VI  - 41
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/41/1/46.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/41/1/46.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2013 Mar 01; 41
AB  - 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.