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Child forensic psychiatrists conduct developmentally informed evaluations to address legal and/or policy matters salient to the mental health of minors. Although child forensic psychiatrists may restrict their practice to forensic consultations involving minors, their training in general, forensic and child psychiatry also qualifies them to conduct forensic examinations of adults. Forensically trained child psychiatrists are in short supply in North America. Therefore, a subgroup of forensic psychiatrists, who have not completed a residency in child psychiatry but have substantial interest and clinical experience in working with older adolescents, also provide forensic consultations in matters involving older adolescents. However, when conducting forensic evaluations of minors, both child psychiatrists and adult forensic psychiatrists who are not child trained are required to meet the duty of care and practice standards expected of child and adolescent forensic psychiatrists.
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