TY - JOUR T1 - The American Psychiatric Association's resource document on mental retardation and capital sentencing: implementing Atkins v. Virginia JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 304 LP - 308 VL - 32 IS - 3 AU - RJ Bonnie Y1 - 2004/09/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/32/3/304.abstract N2 - State legislatures need guidance in implementing the United States Supreme Court's decision in Atkins v. Virginia barring execution of mentally retarded offenders. In this Resource Document, the American Psychiatric Association's Council on Psychiatry and Law, the component charged with developing policies and positions relating to forensic psychiatry, recommends statutory language addressing the definition of mental retardation, procedures relating to its assessment, and qualifications of testifying experts. ER -