PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Gwen M. J. Adshead TI - Commentary: Stories and Histories in Forensic Psychiatry DP - 2014 Dec 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 437--442 VI - 42 IP - 4 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/42/4/437.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/42/4/437.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2014 Dec 01; 42 AB - In this commentary, I reflect on the narratives of offending that are generated in the courtroom and those that are generated in the therapeutic space between an offender patient and his or her therapist. I discuss the similarities and differences between these different stories and explore the role of the psychiatrist in both cases.