The incidence of arrest for 2 Maryland psychiatric populations, 1947 and 1957, were
obtained for the 5 years preceding and following their discharge from psychiatric hospitals. …

Women with a history of psychiatric hospitalization are more likely to be arrested for aggressive
assault than are women in the general population, according to this study of arrest rates …

The authors examined the cohort of all defendants pleading not guilty by reason of insanity
over a 12-month period in Baltimore City's superior trial court. During that time, 143 of the …

L Reasonable Medical Certainty Page 1 L Reasonable Medical Certainty Jonas R. Rappeport,
MD Reasonable medical certainty. What is that? I am afraid to report that after having …

At the 1963 session of the Maryland Legislature a bill will be introduced proposing a legal
privilege for the communications between a patient and a psychiatrist.'This bill is being …

There are important differences between general and forensic psychiatry. In forensic
psychiatry the psychiatrist serves a third party rather than the patient; both the patient and the …

Psychological therapies as described by Marshall are but one means of reducing the rapist's
and child molester's sexual aggressive urges and behaviors. Various organic therapies …

Three young men without previous criminal records developed thyrotoxicosis and committed
felonies while symptomatically hyperthyroid. In each case the loss, or threatened loss, of …

… Editor's Note: This paper is an updated version of an article by Jonas R. Rappeport, MD
entitled "The Insanity Plea: Getting Away With Murder?" that appeared in the March, 1983 issue …

Pretrial evaluations of competency to stand trial and responsibility at the time of the crime are
important forensic issues that necessitate the involvement of mental health professionals. It …