Table of Contents
September 01, 2025; Volume 53, Issue 3-
EDITORIAL
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Cold Cases of Neonaticide, Genetic Genealogy, and Forensic Psychiatry
Susan Hatters Friedman and Elise Friedman- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 232-238;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250036-25
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Regular Articles
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A Scoping Literature Review of Mental Illness in Decisions Regarding Pretrial Release
Emily Nash, Sela Dragich, Leah Pope, Elizabeth Ford and Paul Appelbaum- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 239-250;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250034-25
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Understanding the Preference for Incarceration Among Some Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients in Ontario
Alexandra Campbell and Jamie Robertson- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 251-263;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250045-25
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Toward Equity in Prescribing Buprenorphine in the New Jersey Department of Corrections
Anthony Tamburello, Ifeoma Anwunah-Okoye, Rusty Reeves and Patti Gerardo Arroyo- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 264-272;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250046-25
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Firearm Disqualification and Rights Restoration Among Adults with Mental Illness in Virginia
Jeffrey Swanson, Michele Easter, Madeline Stenger, James Goodrich, Brett Gardner, Heather Zelle and Richard Bonnie- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 273-286;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250048-25
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Forensic Assessment of Transgender Persons
Ariana Nesbit Huselid, Juliette Dupré, Noorin Damji and Renée Sorrentino- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 287-298;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250049-25
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Analysis & Commentary
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Forensic Assessments of Hindus with Workplace Discrimination Claims
Neil Krishan Aggarwal- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 299-308;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250035-25
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Reflections and Narratives
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The Tao of Forensic Psychiatry
Logan Graddy- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 309-311;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250047-25
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Legal Digest
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Capacity to Consent to Sexual Activity Among Individuals with Intellectual Disability
Alexa M. Lambros and Ashley Murray- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 312-313;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250050-25
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The Restoration of Firearm Rights Following Involuntary Hospitalization
Cheyenne Craven and Andrea Dinsmore- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 313-316;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250050L1-25
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Sexual Assault and Mental Capacity
Danika Charles and Natalie Anumba- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 316-318;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250050L2-25
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Juvenile Transfer to Adult Court
Chidi Wamuo and Paul Noroian- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 318-320;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250050L3-25
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Facial Plausibility in Civil Commitment Fourteenth Amendment Suit
Jane Ma, Alexa K. Bell and Johnathan M. Heller- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 320-322;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250051-25
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Due Process Protections in Involuntary Commitments
Raquel T. Williams and Johnathan M. Heller- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 322-324;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250051L1-25
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Self-Representation in Civil Commitment Proceedings
David Damian Masolak and Joseph Chien- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 324-326;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250052-25
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Delineation of Hearsay in Civil Commitment
Zachariah O. Adham and Karl E. Mobbs- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 326-328;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250052L1-25
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Consideration of Public Policy Factors in Negligence Claims
Shelby Montgomery Buckley and J. Christopher Buckley- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 328-330;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250053-25
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Involuntary Commitment of Juveniles with Substance Use Disorders
Sovanarak J. Lek and J. Christopher Buckley- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 330-332;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250053L1-25
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Prejudicial Sentencing Outcome from Failure to Pursue Sources of Mitigating Evidence
Maxwell S. Miller and J. Christopher Buckley- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 332-334;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250053L2-25
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Judicial Discretion in Ordering Competency Hearings
Mohayed Mohayed and Kehinde Obikoya- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 334-336;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250054-25
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Consideration for Victim Restitution with Guilty Except Insane Conviction
K. Maravet Baig-Ward and Warren G. Lee- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 336-338;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250054L1-25
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Government Interest in Sell Proceedings
Aaron Puckett and Krista Ulisse- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 338-340;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250055-25
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Books and Media
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Handbook of Mental Health Assessment and Treatment in Jails
- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 341-342;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250056-25
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Confirmation Bias in Criminal Cases
- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 343-344;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250057-25
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Misogyny in Social Media: A Review of Netflix’s Adolescence
- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2025, 53 (3) 344-346;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.250058-25
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In this Issue
- Ethics in forensic psychiatry: a cultural response to Stone and Appelbaum
- A theory of ethics for forensic psychiatry
- AAPL Practice Guideline for the Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial
- AAPL Practice Guideline for the Forensic Assessment
- Commentary: Compassion at the Core of Forensic Ethics

