PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Goldenson, Julie
AU  - Brodsky, Stanley L.
AU  - Kukor, Terry
TI  - Toward Aspirational Forensic Mental Health Practice
AID  - 10.29158/JAAPL.240123-24
DP  - 2025 Mar 05
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - JAAPL.240123-24
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/early/2025/03/05/JAAPL.240123-24.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/early/2025/03/05/JAAPL.240123-24.full
AB  - Forensic mental health professionals are often provided with aspirational guidelines to inform their practice; however, disparities exist between what such professionals should strive to do and what they actually do. This article considers pathways to improving practice not only in terms of knowledge base but also in terms of ethics, skills, and intellectual, dispositional, and interpersonal qualities. Obstacles are identified that could prevent forensic mental health professionals from practicing at higher levels of excellence.