The insanity defense is a legal construct that excuses certain mentally ill defendants from
legal responsibility for criminal behavior. This practice guideline has delineated the forensic …

… Keram E, … Full Document: Wall BW, Ash P, Keram E, et al: AAPL Practice Resource for
the Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial Update 2018. Journal of …

Vermette et al. 1 address a topic that affects many mental health clinicians and their patients.
Policy changes, including deinstitutionalization, inadequate funding of outpatient treatment, …

Allegations of involvement in detainee maltreatment by military medical personnel serving
in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay have been made in media reports, professional …

On March 14, 2002, the murder trial of Andrea Yates, a woman with a psychotic illness who
drowned her five children, ended in a guilty verdict and a life sentence. Ten days later, A …

The management of hunger strikers in correctional settings presents the psychiatrist with
unique clinical and ethical challenges. The potential for such complex tensions between …

The Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA) exempts employers from providing mental health
coverage to railway drivers who suffer work-related psychological trauma as the result of …

Th e nature of recent military engagements, improved recognition of the mental health needs
of veterans, and the impact of service-related psychiatric illness on criminal behavior have …

The term" suicide-by-cop" describes the behavior of suicidal individuals who provoke police
officers to kill them. Completed SBC's comprise an estimated 9-28 percent of officer-involved …

… At the time our organization began, Emily was still navigating … and an adventurous woman
whom Emily fondly describes as a “… Emily elected to leave New York, wanting to spread her …