The balance between clinical and administrative leadership in forensic psychiatry

Abstract

Marylin Dakers-Hayward is the Clinical Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Program at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. This program has 5 units; one secure, one undesignated, two general and one assessment, for a total of 114 beds. The program also has a forensic outpatient clinic which includes forensic outpatient rehabilitation program, aggression clinic, and sexual behaviour clinic.