Clinical and Forensic Evaluations

A forensic mental health professional must learn to distinguish between forensic psychological evaluations and traditional clinical psychological evaluations although there are some similarities between the two.

Tasks:

In a minimum of 300 words, identify at least one difference between the two types of evaluations (forensic psychological and traditional clinical psychological) in each of the following areas:

Interviewing
Discussion of informed consent
Testing and assessment
Writing reports
Addressing the referral question
Providing opinions and recommendations

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Forensic psychological evaluation is mainly the study of human behavior within a legal context. In conducting interviews, the psychologist is needed to elicit accurate collection of data which is inclusive of all the information gathered and then do a detailed recollection, while in…

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