...Carollyne Youssef Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of psychiatric diagnosis in forensic assessments, highlighting the risks associated with its uncritical application in justice settings. This study explores how overreliance on diagnostic labels can contribute...

..., family history, relationships and mental health and substance use issues, it focuses on a number of domains highly relevant to forensic assessment, such as (early) history of antisocial behavior and an in‐depth interview about the index‐offence (including what led up to it, what the subject was feeling...