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Psychodynamic forensic psychotherapy

An account of a day-release course

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Christopher Cordess,
Wendy Riley and
Estela Welldon
Christopher Cordess
Affiliation:
North West Thames Forensic Psychiatry Service, 304 Westbourne Grove, London, W11 2PS
Wendy Riley
Affiliation:
Portman Clinic, 8 Fitzjohns Avenue, London NW3
Estela Welldon
Affiliation:
British Postgraduate Medical Federation, 33 Millman Street, London WC1N 3EJ
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Abstract

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A brief description of the place of psychodynamic psychotherapy in the treatment of offenders is followed by an account of a forensic psychotherapy course run under the auspices of the British Postgraduate Medical Federation. The first year of a second year course leading to the diploma in Forensic Psychotherapy of the University of London is also described.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , February 1994, pp. 88 - 90
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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