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Prolonged Solitary Confinement and Mental Illness on Death Row

Jessica Watson, Kyle Ramey and Richard L. Frierson
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online June 2025, 53 (2) 198-200; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250023-25
Jessica Watson
Fellow in Forensic PsychiatryPrisma Health Midlands
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Richard L. Frierson
Alexander G. Donald Professor of Psychiatry Vice Chair for Academic Affairs Director, Forensic Psychiatry FellowshipDepartment of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral ScienceUniversity of South Carolina School of MedicineColumbia, South Carolina
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vol. 53 no. 2 198-200
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https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250023-25

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  • Published online June 10, 2025.

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  1. Jessica Watson, MD
  1. Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
    Prisma Health Midlands
  1. Kyle Ramey, DO
  1. Resident in General Psychiatry
    Prisma Health Midlands
  1. Richard L. Frierson, MD
  1. Alexander G. Donald Professor of Psychiatry
    Vice Chair for Academic Affairs
    Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
    Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science
    University of South Carolina
    School of Medicine
    Columbia, South Carolina

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Jessica Watson, Kyle Ramey, Richard L. Frierson
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