Forensic Psychiatry

Code:

ECML07

Acronym:

ECML07

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology
OFICIAL	Health Sciences
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences
OFICIAL	Social Science

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Behavioural Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Specialization in Forensic Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ECML	8	Plano Bolonha 2014	1	-	7	63	189

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Provide the student the opportunity to deepen their knowledge in this branch of knowledge, namely the importance in employment law, civil law and criminal law in connection with actual practice in various fields.

Learning outcomes and competences

Those who successfully master this gives the student a curriculum more valuable to develop into various types ofmedical-legal framework activities and ability to orient in this branch of science several of her members.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Degrees in health sciences and other connected to the medico-legal issues. Curriculum in the field of forensic sciences. Frequency of use in the Course of Medical Sciences Especilização Legal.

Program

Concept and extent of the importance of Forensic Psychiatry Forensic Psychology . Historical Overview .Organization forensic psychiatric and psychological in Portugal . Anthropological perspective of human behavior , most notably , aggressive behavior . The Code of Criminal Procedure and psychiatric expertise and personality .Compulsory detention - Law No. 36/98 of 24 July 1998. Stress as anti -social behavior The burn-out factor. His medico-legal importance . Addiction and consequent behavioral changes . Disruption of posttraumatic stress .Notions of accountability , unaccountability , danger , interdiction . The psychological autopsy . Bullying .Medicolegal considerations . Psychopathy . Theories of Deviant Behavior : Sociological Component . Victimology .The importance of psychological tests as a supplementary means of examination of forensic psychiatry .Cognitive and intellectual deterioration . Dementias .

Psychology of Testimony . Gerontology versus Criminology domestic violence . Its importance in social crime . The role of shelters . The role of the expert. The preparation of the report of Forensic Psychiatry . Serious mental illness and delinquent and criminal behavior. The Portuguese murderers . Analysis of an expert and his report.Impulse disorders : pathological gambling , kleptomania , pyromania .

Maltreatment of minors. Their medicolegal importance

Changes in behavior / delinquency / crime in childhood and adolescence: The importance of child psychiatry in Forensic Psychiatry . Personality disorders and criminal behavior. Deviant behavior not made aware . The perception of time and intertemporal decision- making in psychopaths

Suicidal behavior . Medico-legal aspects . The importance of psychology in prisons . Medicolegal aspects of psychopharmacology

Discussion of expert reports

Mandatory literature

Abrunhosa R; Delinquência, Crime e Adaptação à Prisão. Coimbra: Quarteto., 2000
Levy, A., Nachshon, D., Carmi, A.; Forensic Psychiatry. Tel-Aviv: Yozmot Publishers., 1999
MacMurran, M., Hhalifa, N., Gibbon, S.; Forensic Mental Health. Devon: Willan Publishing., 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures of two hours with discussion of practical cases. Practical experience in the areas chosen by the student,whenever possible and in various types of public and private institutions.

Introduce the student to the curriculum of various disciplines together with the most important themes andsubjects considered essential for the formation of a Masters Degree in Forensic Medicine.

Conducting theoretical and practical work as a teaching themes, and Where To review scientific articles.


Discussion of expert reports

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	0,00
Total:	0,00

Calculation formula of final grade

The classification is done theoretical d quantitatively on a scale from 0 to 20 points and also in a qualitative wayinto four grades, can not satisfy enough satisfies satisfies satisfies good very good. In the theoretical part of each question is scored the highest rating of proof shall be fourteen values. To this is added a rating information for teaching the module that could reach a point. The research work done and submitted individually by eachstudent for each student will have a rating of five points. The final grade will be used in a range of vi is obtained by following the Regulations of Masters from the University of Porto.