Over the last decade schizophrenia researchers have turned their attention to earlier identification
in the prodromal period of illness. A greater understanding of both risk and protective …

This article reports on a survey of forensic psychiatrists and psychologists who read two case
study vignettes and assessed whether each criminal defendant was competent to stand …

We discuss key concepts and review 12 published research studies relevant to informed
consent and decision-making capacity in the older population. The literature suggests that …

When Abraham took his knife and prepared to slay Isaac, Abraham was responding to God's
order to do so.'To pass the supreme test of faith, Abraham was required to unconditionally …

In theory, the requirement that a criminal defendant be mentally competent before the trial can
proceed assures that the defendant will receive a fair trial. Indeed, the Supreme Court has …

Our society regards deception—the act of representing as true that which is known to be
false1—as evil. One who lies under oath can be convicted of the crime of perjury. 2 One whose …

marked individual differences in seizure threshold in ECT, mainly attributable to variations
in skull anatomy. The dose of the ECT electrical stimulus and anatomic positioning of …

This Article considers the legal standards for the determination of competency to stand trial,
and whether those standards are understood and applied by psychiatrists and psychologists …

This issue of Psychiatric Annals is devoted to terrorism and brings together authors from a
variety of perspectives, including social psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, …

V the human condition. Since antiquity, a variety of people have formed opinions as to its
causes and cures." Terrorist violence is a more recent phenomenon but has similarly captured …