Additional training in psychiatric subspecialties has been increasingly recognized as a way to prepare psychiatrists to successfully manage more difficult and complex patient circumstances. This article describes the practice activities and scope of training for forensic psychiatry and consultation-liaison (CL) psychiatry. Forensic psychiatry fellowship training prepares psychiatrists to manage medical/psychiatric legal scenarios, ranging from patient-care legal issues to performing legal expert witness consultations for third parties, including courts and attorneys, as well as correctional mental health. CL psychiatry training prepares psychiatrists to master the care of patients with complex medical and psychiatric illnesses as well as to work effectively in multidisciplinary medical teams and integrated medical psychiatric care settings.
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Psychiatr Ann
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