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| IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Last name: | Brink |
First name: | Johann H |
| Address: | Forensic Psychiatric Hospital
70 Colony Farm Road
Port Coquitlam (British Columbia)
V3C 5X9 |
Fax: | (604) 660-7905 |
| BC academic affiliation: | University of British Columbia |
| Department: | Psychiatry |
| E-mail address: |
jbrink@forensic.bc.ca |
BC research location(s): |
Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre (UBC Hospital) |
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| Status: | Researcher |
| Last update: |
29/09/2009
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| TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS |
| Diploma / Credentials |
Specialty |
Year |
Institution |
| Licenciate |
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1995 |
Medical Council of Canada |
| Fellow (Health Professional) |
Forensic Psychiatry |
1993 |
The University of British Columbia |
| Fellow (Health Professional) |
Psychiatry |
1992 |
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
| Psychiatrist |
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1992 |
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Medical Specialist |
Psychiatry |
1992 |
British Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons |
| Fellow (Health Professional) |
Psychiatry |
1990 |
University of Cape Town |
| Bachelor's, Honours |
Philosophy |
1987 |
University of South Africa |
| Bachelor's |
Double Major in Philosophy and Formal Logic |
1984 |
University of South Africa |
| Doctor (Medical) |
Medicine |
1974 |
University of Cape Town |
| Last update: |
25/06/2009
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| AREAS OF EXPERTISE |
| Area of research: |
Health sciences |
| Disciplines trained in: |
Psychiatry |
| Research disciplines: |
Criminology
Psychiatry |
| Research topics: |
Violence (Development of Individuals, Communities and Social Life)
Suicide (Development of Individuals, Communities and Social Life)
Sexual Abuse (Development of Individuals, Communities and Social Life)
Mood Disorders (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Law and Health (Population Health) |
| Fields of application: |
Biomedical Aspects of Human Health
Law and Justice |
| Last update: |
29/09/2009
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| TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
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| Last update: |
29/09/2009
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| RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise. |
| Key words: |
mental disorder, forensic psychiatry, knowledge dissemination, psychopathy/PCL-R/PCL:SV, violence, forensic assessment tools, risk assessment/mgmt, criminology, sexual deviance |
| Research interests: |
My research interests include the development of a new, evidence based forensic risk assessment instrument (START). I also am interested in the long-term outcome of persons who have been found unfit or NCRMD. In addition, I have researched the biological aspects of psychopathy, including neuro-imaging, event-related potential and serotonergic dysfunction in psychopathic federal offenders. |
| Last update: |
29/09/2009
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| RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS |
| Authors |
| Title (article or book chapter) |
| Year |
Volume |
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Pages |
Journal or book |
Editors |
City and publishing house |
| Brink, JH |
| "Epidemiology of mental illness in a correctional system" |
| 2005 |
18 |
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pp. 536-541 |
Current Opinion in Psychiatry |
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| Viljoen H, Iverson GL, Ward A, Brink J |
| "Neuropsychological Impairment in Forensic Psychiatric Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders" |
| 2004 |
Fall |
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pp. 6-11 |
Journal of Cognitive Rehabilitation |
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| Brink JH, Doherty D, Boer A |
| "Mental disorder in federal offenders: A Canadian prevalence study" |
| 2001 |
24 |
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pp. 339-356 |
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry |
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| Last update: |
25/06/2009
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| LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES |
| Understand: |
Afrikaans, Dutch, English |
| Read: |
Afrikaans, Dutch, English |
| Write: |
Afrikaans, English |
| Speak: |
Afrikaans, English |
| Last update: |
29/09/2009
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