PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Harry, Bruce
AU  - Maier, Gary J.
AU  - Miller, Robert D.
TI  - American Forensic Psychiatrists Who Work in State Institutions
DP  - 1990 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 99--106
VI  - 18
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/18/1/99.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/18/1/99.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1990 Mar 01; 18
AB  - The authors surveyed a sample of American forensic psychiatrists who work in state institutions. As a group, their respondents tended to be middle-aged, white men, who had little formal training in forensic psychiatry, felt somewhat alienated from their peers, yet who were Board certified in general psychiatry. They tended to be involved primarily in the direct treatment of patients, and most often expressed concerns about the care–and prominent lack of aftercare—received by forensic patients. They also perceived a sense of patient futility in the institutional forensic setting. The authors conclude by recommending that AAPL take a more active role in appealing to and representing such forensic psychiatrists.