NSFP; Program & abstracts
Amendments to the program
** Page 8-10, Program
Wednesday
15.00-16.30 Forensic Psychiatry in the Nordic Countries
Denmark / Peter Kramp will present instead of Dorte Sestoft
Norway / María Sigurjónsdóttir will present (see abstract below).
Bjørn Østberg and Marianne Teigland will not present in this session.
María Sigurjónsdóttir
Norwegian Psychiatric Association, Section for Forensic Psychiatry
Forensic psychiatry in Norway
The curative part of forensic psychiatry in Norway is arranged as a part of the health
care system within usual psychiatric clinics. Diagnosis and treatment is provided within
psychiatric wards, both forensic and general psychiatric wards, and also within
policlinics in prisons or usual psychiatric policlinics.
Psychiatric evaluations for judicial purposes are provided by private psychiatrists and
psychologists working independently for the courts who engage these specialists. For
difficult cases it is possible to do psychiatric evaluations while the person is admitted to
psychiatric ward. It is mandatory to send all psychiatric evaluations intended for use
within the judicial system to The Norwegian Board of Forensic Medicine. This organ
provides qualitative control and must accept the evaluations before they can be used in
the judicial system.
Training in forensic psychiatry in Norway is mainly organized by courses provided by
the regional competence centres, The Norwegian Courts Administration, The Norwegian
Psychiatric Association and The Norwegian Psychological Association.
Thursday
08.30-09-45 Neuroscience and Law: Ethical, judicial and philosophical aspects of
forensic psychiatric assessments
- Chairpersons / María Sigurjónsdóttir (instead of Bjørn Østberg ) and Marianne
Kristiansson
10.30-12.00 Prison/Probation services and Forensic Psychiatry
- Chairperson / Peter Kramp (instead of Dorte Sestoft)
13.30-16.00 Parallell Session 4, Training for work in forensic psychiatry
Forensic social investigators: Anna-Kari Sjödin will present. Anders Villius will not
present.
Friday
09.30-10.45 Training of forensic psychiatrists
- Chairperson / Peter Kramp (instead of Dorte Sestoft)
** Page 12: Abstract ”Special units for prisoners with mental and behavioural
disturbances?” (Marianne Teigland & Bjørn Østberg) will be moved to Session 3,
Treatment (p.29-31) and presented by Marianne Teigland only.