Despite the growing attention to quality and quality improvement in health care in the United
States, forensic psychiatry has yet to incorporate relevant developments and information …

The correctional population of the United States increased more than two and one-half times
from 1980 through 1993. During 1993, approximately 2.6% of the US population, 4.9 million …

Guidelines for conducting forensic psychiatric consultations and evaluations have not been
clearly established. The authors offer and discuss such guidelines, which are based upon …

All societies attempt to define and manage deviant behavior. Social, economic, political,
moral, religious, and medical elements contribute to the classification of abnormal from normal …

This case report documents the use of sleep apnea as a criminal defense for a man who
fatally shot his wife during his usual sleeping hours. The defendant, who had severe sleep …

Administered the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)
to 289 medical inpatients, aged 17–88 yrs. For the entire sample, there was a …

This volume presents current treatment approaches for offenders with mental disorders in a
variety of settings. After reviewing administrative and legal issues in the provision of care, the …

Relatively little attention has been paid to training forensic evaluators to prepare expert reports.
Griffith and colleagues, in two publications, argue for considering forensic report writing …

Objective Controversy about the formulation of the insanity defense has been intense, but
little empirical work is available regarding how different standards affect court findings. The …

Quality improvement of forensic mental health evaluations and reports is needed, but little
information is available on how this can be attained, and relatively little conceptual analysis …