PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Altshul, Victor A. 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.