Forensic Psychiatrist Gets Too Close

[摘要] forensic psychiatryboundary violationsevaluationsfictionfilmstigmaToo Close is a best-selling 2018 psychological thriller novel which recently became a popular 2021 BBC miniseries (available on AMC+). The protagonist is Dr. Emma Robinson (Dr. Robertson in the miniseries), a female forensic psychiatrist. As is often seen in fiction, she appears to have only one case at a time and the case that is the focus of the series is of a mother who we learn attempted to kill her child and her romantic rival’s child.

[学科分类] 儿科学

[关键词] forensic psychiatry;boundary violations;evaluations;fiction;film;stigma