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Application and Utility of Psychodynamic Principles in Forensic Assessment

Eugene F. Simopoulos and Bruce Cohen
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2015, 43 (4) 428-437;
Eugene F. Simopoulos
Dr. Simopoulos is Staff Psychiatrist, Acute Forensic Unit, Western State Hospital, Staunton, VA, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. He is also Director of Mental Health at the Albemarie-Charlottesville Regional Jail, Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Cohen is Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, The University of Virginia Health System, and Director, Forensic Psychiatry Residency Program, The Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
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Dr. Simopoulos is Staff Psychiatrist, Acute Forensic Unit, Western State Hospital, Staunton, VA, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. He is also Director of Mental Health at the Albemarie-Charlottesville Regional Jail, Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Cohen is Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, The University of Virginia Health System, and Director, Forensic Psychiatry Residency Program, The Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
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vol. 43 no. 4 428-437
PubMed 
26668219

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1093-6793
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  • Published online December 14, 2015.

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  1. Eugene F. Simopoulos, MD and
  2. Bruce Cohen, MD
  1. Dr. Simopoulos is Staff Psychiatrist, Acute Forensic Unit, Western State Hospital, Staunton, VA, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. He is also Director of Mental Health at the Albemarie-Charlottesville Regional Jail, Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Cohen is Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, The University of Virginia Health System, and Director, Forensic Psychiatry Residency Program, The Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
  1. Address correspondence to: Eugene F. Simopoulos, MD, The Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, 1230 Cedars Court, Suite B, Charlottesville, VA 22903. Email: Eugene.Simopoulos{at}dbhds.virginia.gov

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