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Keywords	TITLE	Author	Abstract	source	Year	Countall
ACCIDENTS	Biofeedback treatment of anxiety disorders-- head injured accident victims	Posthuma A	The diverse and often severe reactions of victims of mildly traumatic head injuries from motor vehicle accidents is perplexing to health professionals, and often the source of bitter debate in legal proceedings. This presentation is the outgrowth of an ongoing research program, which has examined various computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation programs for the traumatically brain injured. The presentation includes pertinent illustrative case histories and data with regard to severity of head injury, anxiety diagnosis and demographic variables.	1989	psychology tape	97
ACCIDENTS	Eye Movement Desensitivation-use in motor vehicle accident-induced trauma	Puk G	Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is an effective treatment used in the Veterans Administration System with combat veterans and also with rape and molestation victims. Clinical case reports illustrate reduction or elimination of flashbacks, nightmares and other sleep disturbances, anxiety while driving and traveling, avoidance behavior and cognitive distortions relating to the victim's post-accident adjustment.	1992	psychology tape	192
ACCIDENTS	Low correlation between objective physical and psychological impairment ratings	Coen D	Up to 75 percent of individuals injured in compensable accidents fail to return to gainful employment two years after legal settlement. The view that most patients become symptom free and resume work shortly following settlement of their claims is not supported.	1995	psychology tape	587
ACCIDENTS	Open and obvious under what conditions?	Campbell TW	In slip-and-fall matters, the open-and-obvious doctrine asks whether a person of average intelligence would have discovered the hazard. Laboratory data demonstrates that unless paying attention to an object in their visual field, people do not see it. This inattentional blindness (IB) effect is especially pronounced under conditions of goal directed perception and heightened cognitive load.	2006	psychology journal	1983
ACCIDENTS	Post-traumatic stress disorder and the motor vehicle accident victim	Platt JJ	Two cases are reported that illustrate the following points: (1) significant variability in clinical presentation and overt degree of distress between two patients with PTSD diagnosis, both of whom were in motor vehicle accidents and involved in litigation; (2) marked differences between MMPI profiles of two patients with the same diagnosis and similar symptomatology; and (3) utility of objective test data, in order to assist the clinician in evaluating and diagnosing the patient.	1987	psychology journal	1716
ACCIDENTS	Psychological examination in motor vehicle accidents	Medetsky HA Parnes L	Specifically, a detailed description of the psychological examination is provided. The purpose of this article is to present a psychological perspective of patients involved in motor vehicle accidents. addition, the most common presenting psychological symptoms and their effect on patients capacity to complete a daily routine of activities are discussed.	1993	psychology journal	707
ACCIDENTS	Psychological trauma associated with vehicular accidents- evaluation, testimony	Ravin JM	Cases illustrate problems involved in evaluation of auto accident patients and testimony in related cases. Suggestions for clarifying psychic injuries to the courts are offered	1994	psychiatry tapes	507
ACCIDENTS	Psychological trauma following automobile accidents	Smith RS	no abstract at this time	1990	psychology journal	1912
ACCIDENTS	Psychological trauma following automobile accidents	Smith RS	no abstract at this time	1990	psychology tape	1305
ACCIDENTS	Treatment of psychological disturbance caused by motor vehicle accidents	Relinger H	Common psychological symptoms caused by motor vehicle accidents include anxiety while driving, sleep disturbance, agitation, increased irritability, decreased frustration tolerance, cognitive intrusions about the accident, impaired memory and concentration, and symptoms of depression and/or generalized anxiety. A case presentation will exemplify typical treatment procedures. Participants will be able to identify and directly treat common symptoms caused by motor vehicle accidents.	1998	psychology tape	552
ACCIDENTS	Human reactions to life events- from joy to death	Marcus E	Up to 75 percent of individuals injured in compensable accidents fail to return to gainful employment two years after legal settlement. The view that most patients become symptom free and resume work shortly following settlement of their claims is not supported.	1991	psychiatry journal	1741
AD0LESCENT	The homicidal adolescent	Voyten KK	A conceptual model of adolescent murders together with relevant case histories will be presented, treatment discussed, issues relevant to forensic practice addressed. Learning objectives: to achieve an understanding of theories of origin of adolescent homicide, current treatment approaches with homicidal adolescents and various forensic issues, including competency to stand trial, bind over (waiver) to adult courts, insanity pleas. .	2001	psychology tape	873
ADA	Impact of the ADA on institutionalization of defendants with mental disabilities	Perlin ML	The Supreme Court s recent decision in Olmstead v. L.C., finding a qualified right of institutionalized persons with mental disabilities to community services under the Americans with Disabilities Act, forces reconsideration of the ADA as a source of rights for such persons.	2000	psychiatry tapes	766
ADA	Roles for personnel and forensic psychologists in Title VII and ADA claims	McClain VR Gutman A	The Civil Rights Act of 1991 entitles Title VII and Americans with Disabilities Act (or ADA) plaintiffs to compensatory damages, thus expanding the role of personnel and forensic psychologists in EEO claims. The personnel psychologist examines employer selection errors and the forensic psychologist examines how such errors impact emotional well being. This presentation has two parts: 1) an overview of key legal issues in Title VII and the ADA; and 2) sample cases illustrating these two roles, including a Title VII sexual harassment claim and an ADA claim of failure to reasonably accommodate.	2000	psychology tape	832
ADOLESCENT SEX OFFENDER	Psychopathology and personality disorders in adolescent sex offenders	Shaw JA Applegate B Rothe E	There has been a dramatic rise in sexual aggressive crimes perpetrated by adolescents. A survey of high school students revealed that one out of five had been involved in forced sex and that 60 percent of the boys found it acceptable in one or more situations for a boy to force sex on a girl.	1996	psychiatry journal	1067
ADOLESCENTS	A model for treating the lower risk adolescent sex offender in the community	Steen C	Workshop by attorney-psychologist author of Treating Adolescent Sex Offenders in the Community, to provide a comprehensive design for outpatient community treatment of the lower risk adolescent sex offender. Recommended modular treatment approach is presented, encompassing group and individual therapy for the offender, group therapy for parents, family therapy and aftercare.	1991	psychology tape	158
ADOLESCENTS	A practical approach to evaluating the competence of juvenile offenders	Deardorff PA Griffiths B	This presentation will focus on the practical matter of how to conduct a competency evaluation of a juvenile offender legal issues, interview questions, appropriate test measures, reports, how to prepare for testimony. Emphasis will be placed on commonly asked questions by both prosecution and defense.	2003	psychology tape	1182
ADOLESCENTS	Adolescent crack dealers	Schreiber K	no abstract at this time	1988	psychiatry tapes	1303
ADOLESCENTS	Adolescent sex offenders- relationship between self-concept and sexual behavior in adolescent males	Porter S	The present study examined a group of adolescent sex offenders along psychosocial psychological and developmental dimensions in comparison to a group of adolescent offenders of nonsexual crimes and a group of adolescent non-offenders. Significant differences were found between the three groups suggesting that adolescents who commit sexual crimes are rigidly defended against impairment in all three areas.	1990	psychology journal	1879
ADOLESCENTS	Adolescent sexual abuse perpetrators	Steen C	no abstract	1996	psychology tapes	1279
ADOLESCENTS	Adolescent sexual offenders	Marvasti J	Speaker reviews normal sexual development in adolescents and defines exploratory sexual behavior, consensual sex and sexual exploitation by adolescents. The need to differentiate between sexual curiosity and a sexual offense is discussed, including the need for early identification and diagnosis with this population. The possibility of adolescent sex offenders eventually becoming adult sex offenders. .	1987	psychiatry tapes	299
ADOLESCENTS	Adolescent sexual offenders- psychological profiles and treatment	Porter S	Adolescent sex offenders that include exhibitionist, telephone call makers, voyeurs, incest and pedophilic perpetrators. These offenders form a unique group motivated by a series of developmental and cognitive disturbances, a cohort that reflects atypical adolescent development characterized by constriction, dissonance, inhibition, and an idealistic definition of morals and life styles.	1990	psychology tape	53
ADOLESCENTS	Adolescent sexual offenders- psychological profiles and treatment	Porter S	Adolescent sex offenders that include exhibitionist,telephone call makers , voyeurs, incest and pedophilic perpetrators. These offenders form a unique group motivated by a series of developmental and cognitive disturbances, a cohort that reflects atypical adolescent development characterized by constriction, dissonance, inhibition, and an idealistic definition of morals and life styles.	1990	psychology tape	53
ADOLESCENTS	Aggressive and resistant adolescents and forensic issues	Davis DL	no abstract at this time	1998	psychology tape	831
ADOLESCENTS	Art therapy with an adolescent sexual offender in a secure treatment program	Eisenbuch A Daves A	no abstract	1993	psychology tape	1344
ADOLESCENTS	Art therapy with an adolescent sexual offender in a secure treatment program	Eisenbuch A Daves A	A case study is utilized to explore the role of art therapy in the overall treatment plan of an adolescent sexual offender. Implications for research are discussed.	1993	psychology tape	272
ADOLESCENTS	Assessment of adolescents who are tried as adults	Podboy JW Kastl A	no abstract		Psychology tape	2116
ADOLESCENTS	Boot camps and Buffalo soldiers- can they save the juvenile justice system?	Ganime PD	New concepts involving therapeutic jurisprudence and restorative justice that are reshaping the ways in which programs serve the needs of delinquents are discussed.	1999	psychiatry tape	449
ADOLESCENTS	Carlson psychological survey as a measure of prosocial changes in lifestyle, violent juvenile offenders within a secure treatment program	Eisenbuch A	The emergence of this acute contemporary focus can best be understood as a ground-swell response to the numerous, large-scale longitudinal studies, which have presented compelling evidence that the vast majority of serious juvenile crime (armed robbery, assault, rape and homicide) are committed each year by a relatively small group of hard core juvenile offenders; totaling only about 10-15 percent of all juvenile offenders.	1997	psychiatry journal	2092
ADOLESCENTS	Forensic psychiatrist as a lay observer in the community	Master FD	Several children in this community, including members of the psychiatrist s family, were sexually molested by a respected athletic coach.	1986	psychiatry journal	1596
ADOLESCENTS	Juvenile delinquency: disruptive behavior disorders and associated syndromes	Gioia PJ	Discussion bears on diagnosis and treatment of the disruptive behavior disorders and their associated psychiatric syndromes.	1993	psychiatry tapes	246
ADOLESCENTS	Juveniles labeled as delinquent without assessing for learning disabilities	Nash MM	Many juveniles are not evaluated for specific learning disabilities until they enter the criminal justice system.	1988	psychology tape	34
ADOLESCENTS	Model for treating the lower risk adolescent sex offender in the community	Steen C	no abstract	1991	psychology tape	1314
ADOLESCENTS	Psychiatric and legal aspects of juveniles in the adult justice system	Levitt G Carter H	Because the criminal justice system is overburdened with adult offenders, it is not prepared to meet the special needs of adolescents who often have emotional and other mental health problems.	1999	psychiatry journal	601
ADOLESCENTS	Psychiatric and legal aspects of juveniles in the adult justice system	Levitt G, Carter H	Existing medical and psychiatric programs, faced with the responsibility for caring for this new population, must be creative and flexible in their approach to service provision. Arizona is one of the states to legislate automatic transfer of juveniles. Issues and challenges faced by mental health providers are outlined and recommendations for coping with this ever growing population are shared with the reader.	1999	psychiatry journal	1816
ADOLESCENTS	Sparking up: family behavioral and empathy factors in adolescent firesetters	Walsh D Lambie I Stewart M	This study investigated family, behavioral, and empathy factors involved with adolescent boys who set fires. Twenty adolescent males firesetters were compared with 21 non-firesetting males with behavioral problems.	2004	psychology journal	2472
ADOLESCENTS	Columbo Effect- a process for reviewing young offenders	Larsen LL	Appropriate for young offender populations and others, the Columbo Effect aids in the successful garnering of information apart from the use of formal psychodiagnostic techniques. The technique is neither directive nor nondirective. It is a "metadirective" process allowing the interviewee to produce information which may subsequently be reviewed and analyzed. Three case studies will be used to illustrate the technique.	1999	psychology journal	406
ADVERSARIAL TRIAL	Adversarial trial	Strier F	This article outlines the major problems of the adversarial trial, with particular emphasis on the roles of its key players: judge, jurors and attorneys. The roles of their counterparts in continental European and English trials are contrasted. Proposed reforms many based on foreign practices address the problems of the adversarial trial in the United States. More active roles for the judge and jury are advocated, as are measures to curtail adversary excesses by attorneys.	1993	psychiatry journal	297
ADVERSARIAL TRIAL	Rethinking the adversarial trial	Strier F	Unlike other societal institutions, the adversarial trial has received little critical scrutiny and periodic reevaluation. We are captive to the notion of a proper trial as an adversarial one . What is prevalent is not necessarily what is functional or fair. The adversary system is not sacrosanct. Continental courts rely almost exclusively on court-called witnesses, neutral witnesses. Psychiatric and legal analysts comment on this matter of overhauling the present judicial system with its polarization of expert witness testimony. Five other psychiatrists comment on this paper. For a lengthy commentary of this paper see Goldzband, Jorgenson LM, Rappaport J, Slovenko R: Commentaries on Rethinking the adversarial trial.	1993	psychiatry journal	1809
ADVERSERIAL TRIAL	Commentaries on Rethinking the adversarial trial	Strier F	no abstract		psychiatry journal	1940
AGGRESSION	The aggressive mentally ill offender	Rowland RW	The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has made significant changes in the treatment of inmates, including mental health treatment, since the settlement of Ruiz v. Estelle. The Program for the Aggressive Mentally Ill Offender was established as part of the Ruiz settlement, which began in 1972. Dr. Rowland explores the history and settlement of this case, with specific emphasis on the need for and development of the Texas program.	1994	psychology tape	551
AGGRESSION	Understanding the freeway shootings in southern California	Coodley A	no abstract	1989	psychiatry journal	1908
AGGRESSION	Use of sedative and anxiolytic agents in the field of acute aggressiveness	Lader M	Behavioral measures for the management of the acutely disturbed aggressive patient are often insufficient without resort to drugs. The drugs used for aggression include traditionally the antipsychotic medications, but their efficacy in the acute situation is largely due to their sedative rather than their antipsychotic properties. Data will be presented showing the rapid effectiveness of the combination of intravenous diazepam and haloperidol.	1995	psychiatry journal	1051
AIRLINE	Aviation applications for forensic psychiatrists	Chesanow C	Aviation Psychiatry differs from all other aspects of psychiatry. Evaluations are designed for a safety oriented system that requires the highest levels of attention, visual and motors skills, and timed performance. These issues surpass most other standards of performance. They also differ from those commonly accepted in private and community practice. Attendees will learn the FAA perspective, as well as what is needed for a credible evaluation, including similarities and differences with other types of evaluations.	2005	psychiatry tapes	1416
AIRLINE	Protecting the National airspace: applications for the forensic psychiatrist	Chesanow C. Berg E	To be optimally effective, governmental medical consultants should have a working understanding of both the regulations and the process of the agency for whom they contract. While this presentation will be focused specifically on our aviation system, it will be applicable to others involved in governmental consultations, particularly in security sensitive areas. FAA standards will be described. Participants will discuss their experience with consultations and NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) hearings. Actual cases will be presented including strategies and outcomes of the hearing process	2008	Psychiatry CD	2368
AIRLINE	Consultative Forensic Issues in Aerospace Evaluations	Chesanow C Schwendeman S	This will include a discussion of FAA regulations, issues and controversies on evaluation reports, and the latest update on the topics of certifying airman on antidepressants. Additionally similarities and differences for evaluating air traffic controllers will be considered. The attendee will have a working knowledge regarding FAA regulations for medical eligibility, understand what is needed in a credible evaluation, and be exposed to the latest major psychiatric issues.	2007	psychiatry CD	2271
AIRLINE	Air Rage: implications for forensic psychiatry	Fine E	Abusive airline passengers are a growing hazard that has not received the same attention as other forms of "rage" behavior. In this article, a number of interesting and significant cases of air rage are described. Special emphasis is given to 168 cases of passenger rage obtained from the FAA that were analyzed by the author.	2002	psychiatry journal	792
AIRLINE	The commercial airline psychological injury case- disaster in the sky	Ravin JM	Authors present their findings and observations from three recent commercial airline personal injury cases. All three cases are from a category defined as "near miss" and are diagnosed as suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. Treatment of the patients is described and a modified behavioral therapy approach utilizing a new procedure defined as cocooning is proposed as a way of limiting and controlling the emotional damage resulting from air travel incidents.	1990	psychiatry journal	1729
AIRLINE	A pilot appraisal: assessing the stereotypical attitudes of commercial airline pilots concerning persons of Middle-Eastern descent	Vitello CJ Latter R Peck MP	The study presented here was meant to be a modest effort at gauging the current opinions held by commercial airline pilots concerning persons of Middle-Eastern descent. The findings suggest that pilots are no more prejudiced than the public in the wake of September 11, 2001. In order for these findings to have practical utility in the formation of airline policy, a much larger study must be undertaken.	2005	psychology journal	1973
AIRLINE	The commercial airline psychological injury case	Ravin JM	Author presents his findings and observations from three recent commercial airline personal injury cases. All three cases are from a category defined as "near miss" and are diagnosed as suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder.	1990	psychiatry tapes	134
ALCOHOL	Alcohol intoxication cases- implications for forensic psychiatry	Fine EW	Clinical manifestations of alcohol intoxication are reviewed by an expert in alcohol issues with special emphasis on tolerance to alcohol and the relationship to blood alcohol levels. Specific cases are discussed involving expert opinion.	1990	psychiatry tapes	2
ALCOHOL	Alcoholism and forensic psychiatry - criminal responsibility	Fine EW	Evaluation of alcoholic litigants is one of the most complicated problems facing the forensic mental health expert. In all legal contexts a crucial issue is whether an individual acts as a legally responsible agent or whether responsibility on a particular occasion was impaired or negated by alcohol dependency, making the act involuntary.	1983	psychiatry journal	2469
ALCOHOL	Blood Alcohol Concentrations (BACs) in Addiction Forensic Psychiatry	Fine E	This presentation will discuss the importance of BACs: how they are measured, what they mean so far as behavior is concerned, and the differentiation between alcohol impairment at various BACs from visible intoxication.	2007	psychiatry CD	2266
ALCOHOL	Developing treatment services for the public inebriate	Gladstone L	The hospital entry model and the social setting detoxification model are discussed. There is still much disagreement as to which model is most efficient and effective with the public inebriate. Authors describe one hospital's experience.	1978	psychiatry journal	1546
ALCOHOL	Estate of Boudwin v Dino's Lounge-a Dram Shop Act case	Fine EW	This paper presents a particularly interesting example of a Dram Shop Act case, in which the author appeared as an expert. Dram Shop Act cases involve situations in which liquor licensees such as bars and restaurants are held liable for serving alcohol to patrons who are visibly intoxicated.	1994	psychiatry journal	1032
ALCOHOL	Fetal alcohol syndrome: something old, something new	Derning TJ	no abstract	2005	Psychology tape	2175
ALCOHOL	Forensic psychiatric issues related to alcoholism	Pope GG	no abstract at this time	1987	psychiatry tapes	1308
ALCOHOL	Liquor liability issues for forensic psychiatrists-the fundamentals	Fine EW	A "dram shop" case is presented by the forensic psychiatrist and the defense attorney involved in its litigation. It is of special interest because of the particularly high blood alcohol level found in the plaintiff, and the relationship between this and the behavior in question. Participants will learn the complexities of litigating Dram Shop Act cases and will be able to observe the necessary interactions that must occur between the defense attorney and the forensic psychiatrist. Techniques for presenting evidence to the jury will be discussed, and participants will be familiarized with the need to present specific scientific data concerning alcohol in terms that are understandable to judges and jurors.	1993	psychiatry journal	686
ALCOHOL	Risk factors in delinquency - ADHD and alcohol abuse must be evaluated	Famularo R Kinscherff R Fenton T	Self-reports of delinquents exhibit significantly elevated rates of attention-deficit disorder with hyperactivity and frequency of alcohol intake relative to those of nondelinquents. Methods, results and discussion presented.	1989	psychiatry journal	1637
ALCOHOL	The Dram Shop Act in Pennsylvania: strategies for the defense	Fine EW Gamberling MS	So-called Dram Shop Act cases are frequently litigated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. These cases involve the selling or providing of alcoholic beverages to individuals who can be proven to have been visibly intoxicated. Restaurants and bars that can be shown to have served patrons while in a state of visible intoxication can be held liable for damages perpetrated by or upon that individual. The law in this area is described, and clinical and forensic issues are discussed pertinent to the understanding of, and in particular the defense of, such litigation. Communication and interplay between attorneys and expert witnesses are emphasized, and strategies discussed that have proved successful in the defense of many of these cases		psychiatry journal	2088
ALCOHOL	Violence, aggression and alcohol	Fine EW	Aggressive and violent behavior is, unfortunately, a far too frequent occurrence in many countries and particularly in the United States. Understanding this phenomenon is a daunting task and most experts would agree that we are dealing with an extremely complicated and complex issue with a multifactorial etiology. This article discusses the role alcohol might play in violence and aggression and how and why it produces its results.	1998	psychiatry journal	603
ALLEGED MENTAL INJURY	Validity evaluation in forensic psychiatry-it is no longer whether or when but how to establish validity of plaintiff's complaints, symptoms, and functional abilities	Obolsky A	The role of a forensic psychiatrist is to determine the nature, extent, and cause of alleged mental injury. Forensic psychiatrists investigate claims of emotional injury by utilizing record review, neuropsychological and psychological testing, and interviews, among other techniques. Neuropsychological and psychological testing and plaintiff interviews depend on plaintiff's compliance through motivated performance on testing and in provision of truthful information in interview. Plaintiffs are often under pressure by powerful forces that affect their cooperation with forensic psychiatric evaluation.	2008	Psychiatry CD	2382
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE	Alternative medicine treatment methods	Karols K	no abstract at this time	1995	psychiatry tapes	1261
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE	Assessing for the presence of Alzheimer s disease and cognitive impairment patients	Olin JT	This presentation will review the key symptoms that are affected in senile dementias, such as Alzheimer s Disease and, using case examples, discuss methods for critically reviewing and interpreting medical records and informant reports.	1997	psychology tape	734
ANGER	A reconceptualization of anger development	Wright JM Cameron CA	The clinically angry teen is highly unlikely to have experienced healthy attachment relationships. He is more likely to have been born with a high temperamental need for attachment; a need that has gone unmet. The consequence is an attributional style or screen that assigns blame outside of him. Because of a low ability to trust, relationships with others are dysfunctional, resulting in low resiliency. The core belief for this type of teen is "the world is hostile." He will have a significant amount of retrospective anger, and evaluative statements will include, "No one is ever there for me; I don t need anyone; I m not there for anyone." As a direct result of having little or no other-oriented adaptive emotion, the clinically angry teen is more likely to present as having antisocial tendencies	1997	psychiatry journal	1076
ANGER	Anger and misconduct on the battlefield: evaluating mental health readiness	Reyes V Hicklin T	Anger management interventions were implemented to help soldiers cope with anger and misconduct behaviors. Of 7,000 military personnel stationed there during the team s rotation, there was not one completed suicide or homicide. The team s psychiatrist and clinical social worker will describe how the 113th Medical Company identified, treated and controlled anger and misconduct behaviors while deployed at Bagram Airbus, Afghanistan, between June 20, 2002 and December 20, 2002	2006	psychiatry tapes	2078
ANGER	Interventions with aggressive and resistant adolescents: cognitive processes related to anger in children	Davis DL	The problem of adolescent violence and resistance to treatment remains one of the most difficult issues often faced by clinicians. Although there has been a recent drop in the rates of violent juvenile crime, the problem of adolescent violence remains a long-standing, vexing and complex issue that continues to challenge mental health providers and one that reaches far beyond fluctuations of crime rates, media focus and political pressures. This presentation offers a conceptual model of assessment and treatment for use with aggressive and unwilling youth that draws upon a blending of cognitive behavioral systems, animal assisted and creative therapies.	2007	psychology CD	2253
ANTIPSYCHOTICS	Risk management and atypical antipsychotics: deja vu all over again	Brown TW	Evidence continues to increase that certain atypical antipsychotic agents carry greater risk of metabolic complications. Will failure to exclusively utilize agents identified as lower risk leave psychiatrists vulnerable to litigation, much as earlier practitioners were held liable when older antipsychotics used for anxiolysis led to tardive kinesia? Current psychiatric practice should be informed by familiarity with all aspects of risk/benefit analysis in this area. Forensic psychiatrists will understand the nature of metabolic risks involved; learn how to document necessary risk/benefit analysis to avoid subsequent allegation of negligent prescribing; will understand clinical rationale for continued use of higher risk medication based on risk assessment.	2005	psychiatry tapes	1401
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ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER	A new multidimensional model of Antisocial Personality Disorder	Martens WHJ	Extreme political (left and right wing) and religious (fundamentalists, new religions) attitudes, which can be observed in terrorists, are sometimes linked to ASPD. Some of these political and/or religious extremists sacrifice their lives (for example, Muslim suicide bombers) for a holy cause, while they are insensitive and indifferent to the suffering of others as a consequence of their actions. In fact, such terrorists are violent true-believers whose attitude is based on specific political and religious ideas, information which is the result of indoctrination.	2005	psychiatry journal	1489
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER	Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder to antisocial personality disorder	Bloomingdale LM	no abstract	1990	psychiatry journal	1891
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER	Complex PTSD and Violent Antisocial Men: An Overlooked Diagnosis	Ley RG	The research is split on the matter of TBI and PTSD, with some authors insisting they cannot co-exist because PTSD requires memory of the event, while others indicate that due to the nature of brain injuries, and the variation in levels of severity, the individual can have a brain injury and PTSD. This paper will discuss the literature, and an example will be given through a case study of a firefighter/pilot who was the sole survivor of a crash, had TBI, and possibly PTSD. Attendees will be able to explain the nature and extent of TBI and PTSD. They will be able to describe their argument in court testimony, and learn how to evaluate and test for these conditions	2007	psychology CD	2222
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER	Drug therapy as a preventive measure for children with antisocial and hyperactivity symptoms	Bauer SL	This article reports on the effectiveness of stimulant medication for these children, and management of the process is described in detail, recognizing that it should be a component of a multifaceted approach. Stimulant drug therapy, as a component of this intervention, is one of the most commonly utilized methods of intervention. It is one of the most effective intervention methods for the management of ADHD-CD. Yet, over 50 percent of the time, it has been inappropriately prescribed.	1998	psychiatry journal	679
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER	Measuring antisocial attitudes- method of assessment and scale version do count	Di Fazio R	Individual attitudes have a functional role in the majority of theories in explaining crime. Although the use of antisocial attitudes in various theories is well established, the measurement of such attitudes has not kept pace. Two notable exceptions are the development of the Criminal Sentiments Scale (CSS) and the Pride in Delinquency Scale (PID). The initial reliability and validity of these instruments has been promising.	1998	psychiatry journal	700
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER	Psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder	Nussbaum D Lynett E	Psychopathy and its related construct, antisocial personality disorder (APD), are of substantial theoretical importance in the fields of forensic psychiatry and psychology. Notwithstanding their significance, both remain contentious issues in the areas of research and clinical practice.	1993	psychiatry journal	682
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER	Psychopathy should not replace antisocial personality disorder	Nussbaum D Lynett E	The notion of replacing Antisocial Personality Disorder with the Psychopathy Checklist Revised in the DSM-IV has been advanced. Authors argue that such a move is inappropriate for the majority of clinicians.	1993	psychiatry journal	293
ANTITRUST CASE	Case study in trial consulting- antitrust case	Boudouris J	Trial consulting is a controversial infusion of various techniques and services into the justice system, for a variety of clients, in both criminal and civil trials. An antitrust case involved the attempt by one hospital to monopolize the health care in a community by entering into an agreement with another hospital to fix prices in order to drive out competition. The rare opportunity to compare the reactions and observations of a person who voted in one direction when part of a 150 person survey but changed sides when part of the actual jury is described. The implications for attorneys using the services of trial consultants is summarized.	1993	psychology journal	278
ARSON	A model for the qualitative analysis of child and adult fire deviant behavior	Fineman K	This article provides information concerning fire deviant behavior focusing on firesetting and arson, as well as a review of literature concerning the development of the dynamic-behavioral model of firesetting.	1995	psychology journal	731
ARSON	A model for the qualitative analysis of child and adult fire deviant behavior	Fineman K	This article provides information concerning fire deviant behavior focusing on firesetting and arson, as well as a review of literature concerning the development of the dynamic-behavioral model of firesetting.	1995	psychology journal	1862
ARSON	Arson: madness, motives, myths and mayhem, role of the forensic psychiatrist	Anderson D	This presentation will focus on the factual motivational basis for crimes of arson, including personal gain, revenge, vandalism, subterfuge, and even misguided civic improvement. Attendees will learn both the common and some unique motives for arson, and the potential role of the forensic psychiatrist in aiding either the prosecution or the defense in criminal cases.	2006	psychiatry CDs	1991
ARSON	Child and adult firesetters	Fineman KR	Speaker presents information relative to the difficulties in evaluating child and adult firesetters. Emphasis will be on the review of literature relative to the mythology and the actual factors contributing to firesetting.	1985	psychology tape	720
ARSON	Childhood firesetting- review of assessment and treatment methods	Kaplan G	Arson is the fastest growing crime in the U.S. The complex relationship between human behavior and fire begins early in childhood. A review of crime reports for 1982 found that 55% of all arrestees for arson were under 18 years of age. Statistics for 1975 revealed estimated damages worth $670 million, 375 deaths and 15,000 injuries resulting from fires set by juveniles.	1994	psychiatry tapes	522
ARSON	Communities working together-evaluation of intervention program for juvenile firesetters and arsonists in Broward County, Florida	Faranda DM	Daily in America children are killed or injured in fire-related activities. Prevalence for juvenile firesetting in community settings ranges from 40% to 50-55%. This research investigated Broward County Florida s Juvenile Firesetter Prevention Network s (FJFPN) efficacy in reducing juvenile firesetting/arson recidivism.	2001	psychology journal	986
ARSON	Emergency medicolegal care of acute disaster victims-the 1998 First Interstate Bank building fire in Los Angeles	Garcia PI	no abstract at this time	1989	psychiatry journal	1907
ARSON	Emergency medicolegal care of acute disaster victims-the 1998 First Interstate Bank building fire in Los Angeles	Garcia PI	no abstract at this time	1989	psychiatry tapes	1268
ARSON	FORENSIC EVALUATION OF JUVENILE FIRE SETTERS	Schiller E	Fire setting behaviors continue to be a societal problem, resulting in both human and property damage. The causes of such behaviors remain poorly understood, and represent a final common pathway of biological, psychological, social risk factors. Often, the behaviors start in childhood, and if properly analyzed, could result in preventive measures. In this presentation, a forensic psychologist experienced in such analyses will review the phenomenology, risk factors, differential diagnoses, and management of juvenile fire setters. The relationship of firesetting to psychopathy and biological under-arousal will be explored, as will a mens rea analysis of the fire setter, evaluating the quality of risk taking.	2008	Psychiatry CD	2376
ARSON	Overview of mental health firearm prohibitions	Simpson J	This presentation reviews the evolution of federal law and case law relating to mental health firearm prohibitions, and the implementation of the federal law, as well as examining some of the differences found among state laws. Individuals who are prohibited from possessing firearms on mental health grounds can appeal the prohibition in many jurisdictions. Data on such appeals from Los Angeles County, California will be presented. Some of the implications of these laws for mental health clinicians and forensic practitioners will be discussed.	2008	Psychiatry CD	2392
ARSON	Patricide and arson by a 12-year-old girl- forensic rarity or societal trend?	Edberg C	A horrific patricide and arson committed by a child without a major psychiatric illness is presented with the following issues in mind: Who are the children who kill their parents? Are parricidal females different from their male counterparts?	1994	psychiatry tapes	521
ARSON	Psychiatric evaluation of the legal patient accused of arson	Coodley A	Arson, seen in its most uncomplicated and goal oriented form, may involve insurance fraud, concealment of other crimes, competition with rival companies, vandalism, excitement. revenge, jealousy, or as the product of alcoholic intoxication. Author provides background of arson and focuses on psychiatric evaluation of alleged arsonists.	1987	psychiatry journal	1606
ARSON	Sparking up: family behavioral and empathy factors in adolescent firesetters	Walsh D Lambie I Stewart M	This study investigated family, behavioral, and empathy factors involved with adolescent boys who set fires. Twenty adolescent males firesetters were compared with 21 non-firesetting males with behavioral problems.	2004	psychology journal	2064
ARSON	The relationship between arson and pyromania	Crossley T	Firesetting itself is not a disease but rather a complex symptom of inner disturbance. It is estimated that 25 to 40 percent of male arsonists are compulsive firesetters or pyromaniacs.	1985	psychology journal	1692
ARSON	The triad of juvenile firesetting, bedwetting, and cruelty to animals: establishing prevalence and comorbidity	Faranda DM	This study examined the prevalence rates and comorbidity of the ego triad consisting of juvenile firesetting, bedwetting, and animal cruelty in samples drawn from a firesetter intervention program and a mental health clinic for children.	2007	psychology journal	2308
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE	Artificial Intelligence -use of computerized causal reasoning system	Ohayon M	The author and his colleagues in research have developed a computerized system, "Expertal," for predicting dangerousness by integrating artificial intelligence techniques and a causal reasoning system.	1994	psychiatry tapes	740
ASPERGER DISORDER	Asperger's Disorder and criminal behavior	Silva JA Haskins B	In this presentation we will provide an overview of basic diagnostic issues regarding AD. We will then discuss how certain features may increase the risk of criminal behaviors in some affected persons. Specific cases will be presented to highlight relevant psychiatric-legal issues	2006	psychiatry tapes	1990
ASPERGER DISORDER	Asperger's Disorder and the origins of the Unabomber	Silva JA Ferrari MM Leong GB	Although it is well known that various mental health professionals view the Unabomber as suffering from schizophrenia, most of these assertions do not appear to be consistent with a psychotic process. In this article we introduce a neuropsychiatric developmental approach in order to provide a new perspective on the psychiatric nature of the Unabomber and to attempt to shed some light on the nature of his criminal behavior.	2003	psychiatry journal	1206
ASSAULT	Assaultive and homicidal patients -studies and personal experience	Danto BL	Author reviews literature on acts of violence by psychiatric clients, focusing on patients who have killed or attempted to kill their therapists. Warns particularly of the assaultive depressed patient. Case histories offered.	1982	psychiatry journal	1752
ASSAULT	Criminal profiling in child sexual assault cases	Abramsky MF Ross K	Criminal profiling is an investigative technique developed by the FBI to narrow and focus a search for an unknown suspect. This technique may also be utilized to identify whether a defendant in a criminal child sexual assault crime is more or less likely to have committed this offense. The introduction of such profiling data is necessary in cases where there is no objective collaboration and the only evidence is the accusation of an alleged victim. Challenges to the introduction of such data, based on Daubert/Kumho criteria and ultimate question testimony are discussed. The current status of profiling data on child sexual offenders is described.	2006	psychology journal	2054
ASSAULT	Evaluation of the Familyships Treatment Module for sexual assault inmates at a medium security federal institution	Nobbs DW Hoklen R	The effectiveness of a Familyships Treatment Module offered at a medium security federal institution was explored. The Module was designed to help inmates build social skills to deal with dysfunctional family systems. Participants included sexual offenders and inmates convicted of other types of offenses. For the study, a measure of codependency that relates to personality deficiencies common to sex offenders was administered to forty-six inmates.	1999	psychology journal	639
ASSAULT	Females incarcerated for assaultive crimes- personality and demographic variables	Edwall GE Villanueva RA	Files of 53 female inmates were investigated in order to help delineate differences between those offenders who assault significant others vs. those who assault relative strangers. Implications for treatment, based on these findings, are discussed.	1989	psychology journal	1735
ASSAULT	Sexual assault of boys incarcerated in jails	Myers WC	The sexual assault of juvenile males incarcerated in jails is a neglected, understudied problem. Moreover, a paucity of professional literature on this topic exists. Available information pertaining to minors in jails or similar settings supplemented when relevant with literature pertaining to adult inmates is reviewed. Three case examples of boys in jails, each sexually assaulted by multiple offenders, are presented.	2002	psychiatry journal	1022
ASSAULT	Sexual assault of mothers by mentally disordered sons	Silva JA Leong GB Weinstock RW Penny GP	Sexually assaultive behaviors remain a serious problem in our society. Perhaps most egregious are the rare cases of intrafamilial sexual assaults. We report three cases in which sons had sexually assaulted their respective mothers. We discuss important issues raised by this unusual sexual act.	1996	psychiatry journal	1057
ASSAULT	Treating the inmate who has exhibited assaultive behavior	Steen C	Many jail inmates are in prison because of assaultive behavior; others exhibit lesser impulse control problems. Speaker discusses impulse control groups in the jail setting objectives and treatment modalities.	1991	psychology tape	167
ASSAULT	Understanding sexual assault against minors in a rural and urban central PA county	Kelsey JW	For a period of thirteen months (1984-1985) all except three of 25 alleged sexual offenders against children in a Central Pennsylvania county, population 118,000, were referred and voluntarily submitted for comprehensive psychological evaluation by agreement of the courts and attorneys involved. The project's purpose was to develop an understanding of the specifics of offender diagnosis, typology of offense, of sexual gratification, and other relevant predictive characteristics. 25 defendants were referred, 21 eventually pleading guilty after having given detailed accounts of their offenses. Dr. Kelsey discusses a comprehensive psychological, personal, and sexual history-taking system; critical factors of primary sexual gratification present in this set of offenders, and ability to differentiate typologies of offenders beyond the DSM diagnosis of Pedophilia.	1994	psychology tape	550
ASSAULT	Victimization of clinicians in psychiatric settings	Lusignan R	Introduced in 1979 by Lawrence E. Cohen and Marcus Felson, the routine activity model seeks to explain the impact of structural changes on the probabilities of victimization of individuals in a given population. In this article, we apply the theoretical approach of Cohen and Felson to thirty-one studies on the victimization of clinicians working in psychiatry, either in hospitals or community settings.	1998	psychiatry journal	653
ASSAULT	When the assaultive patient pleads insanity -prosecution of these cases	Cleary MF	DSM diagnoses, highly associated with assaultive patients, include paranoid and antisocial personality disorders, and alcohol abuse. Prosecution of appropriate cases requires persistence, ability to overcome anticipated defense of insanity and reluctance by hospital and court administrators to support staff victims.	1992	psychiatry tapes	203
ASSAULTIVE PATIENTS	Assaultive patients	Danto B	Literature that records the fact that all mental health professionals experience a risk of physical assault. Emphasis on the forensic clinicians need to be more security conscious and to have a strategy available to help deal with threats.	1992	psychiatry journal	229
ASSISTED REPRODUCTION	Bioethical issues in assisted reproduction	Pope G	no abstract at this time	1991	psychiatry tapes	1320
ASSISTED REPRODUCTION	Bioethical issues in assisted reproduction or aided conception	Pope GG	Assisted reproduction is a recent development and it is estimated that 127,000 women undergo artificial insemination annually in the United States. The concept of surrogacy arrangement is also relatively new. Medicine has outpaced law in these areas and the practices have remained largely unregulated. Bioethical issues and concerns are based on the lack of legal-ethical guidelines and the potential for psychological difficulties in children born without traditional heritage or parentage	1992	psychiatry journal	2089
ASSISTED REPRODUCTION	Bioethical issues in assisted reproduction or aided conception	Pope GG	Assisted reproduction is a recent development and it is estimated that 127,000 women undergo artificial insemination annually in the United States. The concept of surrogacy arrangement is also relatively new. Medicine has outpaced law in these areas and the practices have remained largely unregulated. Bioethical issues and concerns are based on the lack of legal-ethical guidelines and the potential for psychological difficulties in children born without traditional heritage or parentage.	1991	psychiatry tape	1746
ASSISTED SUICIDE	A psychiatric perspective on physician-assisted suicide	Hendin H	To explore and relieve the desperation of patients requesting assisted suicide, a psychiatrist needs to be able to explore dying patients fears of death, to understand suicide and its relation to medical illness, to be aware of the ambivalent nature of most such requests, and to be able to recognize and treat depression. The psychiatrist also needs to understand the interactive nature of the influences on the patient s request, including the role of the patient s doctor and family. Case illustrations are provided. The consequences of giving legal sanction to assisted suicide are discussed drawing on the author s work in the Netherlands.	1998	psychiatry journal	1085
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Case against Dr. Kevorkian	Shlensky R	no abstract at this time		psychiatry tapes	2128
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Challenge of patholysis to forensics and psychiatry--right to end our suffering	Reding G	Drawing from his first-hand exposure to patholytic operations, the author recommends that psychiatry should participate in the forensics of patholysis, and further suggests that forensic psychiatrists may be best placed to participate: they are conversant with the adversary process and, in their diagnoses of applicants for patholysis, they are less likely than other psychiatrists to commit the Type II error of ignoring signs of mental health. The cost of this paper is thirty dollars.	1997	psychiatry journal	380
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Death Angels-physician-assisted suicide	Glidden D Imperi LL	The question of legally-sanctioned, physician assisted suicide needs to be placed within an historical and cultural context. While technical advice regarding taking one's own life should be available to those in need of contemplating suicide, physicians need not be the conveyers of such information. If assistance is needed in facilitating suicide, this ought to be the responsibility of familial friends and support groups rather than physicians.	1995	psychiatry journal	1048
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Death by choice: a suicide?	Tanay E	no abstract at this time	1994	psychiatry tapes	1321
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Difficulties involved in identifying the legal incapacity to consent to physician-assisted suicide	Moskowitz EH	In proposals to legalize physician-assisted suicide, decisional capacity plays a critical role as a safeguard. This article questions whether requiring decisional capacity provides meaningful protection against wrongful deaths. It describes how proponents of physician-assisted suicide characterize the practice as akin to refusing treatments, and notes that ordinarily an adult s mental capacity to refuse medical procedures is strongly presumed, and that it is difficult to overcome this presumption to contravene an adult s clearly expressed treatment preferences. Citing key features of the suicidal mental state, the article suggests that given the mental and emotional impairments of most suicidal individuals, it would be inappropriate to facilitate their suicides, but that they would likely be considered to possess decisional capacity to take prescription lethal drugs if physician-assisted suicide comes to be viewed as akin to a treatment refusal. If the practice is legalized, it is predictable that too many suicidal individuals will meet legal standards for decisional capacity, but nonetheless have very serious psychopathologies.	1998	psychiatry journal	1081
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Euthanasia and assisted suicide	Greenberg SI	The physician is urged to keep an open mind and learn from the experiences of doctors in other countries. The term "assisted suicide" is unfortunate and misleading; the goal is compassionate help for the dying. Change is necessary and urgent but will only come about through the best efforts of legislators, the clergy, the general public and the medical profession.	1996	psychiatry journal	1062
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Euthanasia and assisted suicide- psychodynamics and psychosocial issues	Greenberg SI	Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide are central issues in a stormy debate that gives few signs of imminent resolution. The impasse results from opposing views that involve medical ethics, morals, politics, and especially the psychodynamics of physicians. Physicians tend to be rigid and compulsive, dedicated to saving lives and unable to stop, even when attempts are clearly futile. Others are narcissistic, some are afraid of death; a few are greedy and will continue treatment as long as Medicare pays. Participants will learn more about the psychodynamics of physicians and their attitudes about euthanasia and assisted suicide.	1996	psychiatry tapes	487
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Matters of life and death	Delury GE	The author, who assisted his wife's suicide at the end of a fifteen-year struggle with multiple sclerosis, discusses the considerations that preceded her decision to die. He describes their marriage, the progress of the disease, their religious convictions, and the act itself before examining some of the clichés and moral contradictions that tend to hobble rational thought about chosen death. He argues that traditional ethical and religious attitudes toward suicide are no longer appropriate in the context of modern medicine and pleads for greater seriousness in the discussion of these issues. This rare paper is thirty dollars.	1998	psychiatry journal	1080
ASSISTED SUICIDE	My personal statement	Bastable A	I have more than paid my dues in suffering. I have done nothing precipitous. I am grateful for the assistance of John Hofsess and Dr. Jack Kevorkian, yet ultimately they had nothing to do with my basic decision.....	1998	psychiatry journal	1087
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Physician aid in dying-the role of the mental health professional	Girsh FJ	Two 1997 decisions from the U.S. and Florida Supreme Courts stressed the role of state legislatures in determining conditions for physician aid in dying. The majority of the public and physicians who have been polled favor legalization of the practice. In Oregon the voters have twice voted to make physician aid in dying legal, legislation has been introduced in more than 20 states, and several other countries are permitting it or considering providing a physician s help when a dying patient requests it.	1998	psychiatry journal	1086
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Physician-assisted suicide revisited	Imperi, LL	Questionnaires on physician-assisted suicide were sent to forensic psychiatrists belonging to the American College of Forensic Psychiatry, and forensic psychologists belonging to the American College of Forensic Psychology. One hundred twenty-nine questionnaires were returned by 42 psychiatrists, 85 psychologists and 2 "other" professionals (unidentified). I will comment only on the responses by psychiatrists and psychologists in the remarks on the survey.	1995	psychiatry journal	1050
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Physician-assisted suicide: Symposium Issue (15 commentators)	Group	This is an entire roundtable issue of the American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry involving 15 psychiatrists, psychologists, attorneys and others. This psychiatry journal article is	1998	psychiatry journal	2094
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Prosecution and persecution of Dr. Death and his Mercy machine (1 of 2) (suicide)	Fieger G	no abstract at this time	1992	psychiatry tapes	1324
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Prosecution and persecution of Dr. Death and his Mercy machine (2 of 2) (suicide)	Fieger G	Geoffrey Fieger, Dr. Kevorkian's attorney, discusses legal and ethical issues of "medicide," as well as as the physician-assisted deaths of Sherry Miller and Marjorie Wantz.	1992	psychiatry tapes	926
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Psychiatrists' attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide- a survey	Kramer M	Objective: Information about psychiatrists' attitudes and practices in regard to life termination is sorely limited. Method: Members of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) were asked in a survey to respond to four case vignettes: 1) a rapidly declining patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2) a patient with intractable pain and depression who failed to improve after prolonged psychotherapy, antidepressants, and ECT, 3) an imprisoned rapist-murderer who wanted to be killed after psychotherapy and hormone therapy failed rather than spend the rest of his life in jail, and 4) a patient in a persistent vegetative coma on a respirator. They were asked if they would directly assist the patient in dying, if they would refer the patient for help in dying, if similar patients should get help in dying, and lastly, whether nonphysicians could help the patient to die. Results: Sixty percent of the 375 members of GAP responded. Conclusion: Most psychiatrists, who are members of GAP, oppose assisting a patient to die.	1998	psychiatry journal	619
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Psychiatry and consent for physician-assisted suicide	Lipschitz A	Problems in establishing consent impede physician-assisted suicide in U.S. jurisdictions that legalize this practice. The issues complicating standards for the capacity to consent to physician-assisted suicide are explicated here, and the criminal, civil and professional penalties for ignoring them are discussed. The psychiatrist s responsibility to advocate within medical and civil society on behalf of those who request physician-assisted suicide is described.	1998	psychiatry journal	1082
ASSISTED SUICIDE	The challenge of patholysis to forensics and psychiatry	Reding GR	no abstract at this time		psychiatry journal	1213
ASSISTED SUICIDE	The doctor-patient relationship and assisted suicide- dynamic psychiatry	Hamilton NG	The authors draw upon psychodynamic psychiatry s literature on the nature of dependency and influence in the doctor-patient relationship to explore the issue of doctor-assisted suicide. The results of this review reveal that people are always both consciously and unconsciously influenceable and that their very sense of life being worth living depends upon a context of valuing relationships.	1998	psychiatry journal	613
ASSISTED SUICIDE	The Michigan Psychiatric Society and PAS	Klyman CM	The Michigan Psychiatric Association (MPS) and its 1100 members have agonized over physician-assisted suicide. It remains a highly personal matter, difficult to deal with through a representational democratic legislature or judicial process. awaits challenge.	1999	psychiatry journal	820
ASSISTED SUICIDE	The Michigan Psychiatric Society's Experience with physician-assisted suicide legislation	Klyman CM	Like our umbrella organizations in the state and nation, the Michigan Psychiatric Association (MPS) and its 1100 members have agonized over the issues of physician-assisted suicide. It remains, ultimately, a highly personal matter which even then may change over time difficult to deal with through a representational democratic legislature or judicial process. A direct referendum one person, one vote with majority rule seems to be where we are headed despite MPS s wish to have this not be a legislated matter but for it to remain a decision between patient and doctor.	1998	psychiatry journal	1083
ASSISTED SUICIDE	The Roman Catholic church's position against assisted suicide	Young JL	The fact that the Roman Catholic Church takes a position against physician-assisted suicide is known better than it is understood. The purpose of this article is to assist those who are interested in this subject of ever wider and more intense discussion and wish to sharpen their understanding of what has been published under religious auspices. Though relevant expressions of it from around the world are continually growing in number and value, a few key sources convey the core of the church s position. The information from them should be of value to experts who consult to clinicians caring for the dying, to those clinicians themselves, and to others seeking a well-rounded knowledge of this topic of increasing social significance.	1998	psychiatry journal	622
ASSISTED SUICIDE	Why psychiatrists should not participate in euthanasia, physician assisted suicide	Orr RD Bishop L	Public and professional discussions have recently raised the question of whether the long-standing proscription against physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients should be eliminated or changed. In this article we first review the history of the centuries-long debate, and repeat the arguments stated for and against such a change. In addition to our concern about the extension to assisted-suicide for mental suffering, we point out the adverse affect such changes would have on both the psychiatrist s and the patient s perception of the role of the therapist in other suicide situations, and the difficulty of uncovering a competent patient s motivation for a request for such assistance.	1998	psychiatry journal	621
ATTACHMENT	Application of attachment theory- men who batter	Marvian S	Results of a study examining the use of attachment in determining different types of male batterers will be presented. Findings suggested that there may actually be different types of batterers related to levels of depression and quality of attachment.	1999	psychology tape	403
ATTACHMENT	Interactional assessment- a new technique for forensic psychologists	Dinsmore E	An overview of contemporary attachment theory and its novel application to a wide variety of issues is discussed. The interactional assessment is described and demonstrated in videotaped vignettes. Its power to assess strength, quality of attachment and patterns of interaction, its validity and reliability, training required, pathological and normal parent-child interaction, application to forensic cases, and use as a treatment tool will be discussed.	1993	psychology tape	253
ATTACHMENT	Using attachment theory in assessing parental capacity	Elterman M	no abstract at this time		psychology tape	1234
ATTORNEYS	250 eyewitness cases reviewed-reactions from lawyers and jurors	Geiselman RE	The presenter has reviewed over 250 cases concerning eyewitness issues during six years of service on the psychology panel of the Superior Court of Los Angeles. This talk will present highlights from several cases, as well as reactions to the presenter s testimony from judges, lawyers, and jurors. It will include: (1) perceptions of eyewitness psychology by judges and jurors; (2) what should be vs. what is done in eyewitness investigations; (3) strategies for presenting expert testimony to lawyers and jurors.	1997	psychology tape	2480
ATTORNEYS	Doctors and lawyers- the frustrating interface	Boal CK	Five years of forensic psychiatry have left the authors with a number of observations which they will share with their professional colleagues regarding startling behavioral and thinking differences between psychiatrists and lawyers differences which unexplored and unappreciated, have the ability to sabotage both the patient and the patient's case.	1993	psychiatry tapes	238
ATTORNEYS	Evaluating and preparing the PTSD claim; lawyer's perspective	Vesper and Cohen	This presentation explores how lawyers evaluate a claim of posttraumatic stress disorder, and then prepare and present the case in litigation. Since attorneys representing the interests of plaintiffs and defendants approach these kinds of claims very differently, it will distinguish and analyze these claims from their unique perspectives. The role the psychologist plays in the evaluating and preparation processes, both from the standpoint of the treating psychologist working with the claimant and the forensic psychologist working with the lawyer in developing and presenting the claim, will be explored. Psychology	2000	psychology tape	2481
ATTORNEYS	Preparing the forensic case and communicating frankly with your lawyers	Cohn J	Author discusses attorney psychiatrist conference, financial and problematical ethical issues, psychiatrist's preparation of the case, examination of the litigant, the written report, review of evidence, use of research and preparation of adversarial cross examination.	1988	psychiatry tapes	60
ATTORNEYS	Trial strategy in a sexual harassment case: lawyer and psychiatric perspectives	Drukteinis A McDonald J Rodgers C Glaser D	A panel of experts will demonstrate the various strategic issues involved in the preparation and presentation of a trial of a sexual harassment case. A fact pattern will be presented that will include a PTSD diagnosis, possible presence of Axis II pathology, and efficacy of treatment and prognosis issues. The pragmatic topics to be discussed will include whether each side should retain a psychiatric expert, validity of the PTSD diagnosis, each side s use of the plaintiff s Axis II disorders, and the most effective presentation of each side s case at trial. Audience participation in the panel discussion will be encouraged. Attendees will learn strategies which plaintiffs and defense lawyers may use in presentation of a sexual harassment case at trial as well as how they utilize forensic psychiatrists. Attendees will also be exposed to the perspective of forensic psychiatrists and the issues which they find important in evaluating and testifying in such cases.	2005	psychiatry tapes	2482
ATTORNEYS	What do lawyers want? What do lawyers need?	Breiner SJ	Lawyers want reliable testimony from an expert who can present in a believable, understandable and expert manner and who understands the legal system as it applies to psychiatric testimony. In addition, they want testimony that will aid their client. They want to know what the expert witness will say and how the expert will respond to a variety of questions posed by the opposing attorney. They want to avoid any information they might receive which would be discoverable, and not to their client's advantage. Following this presentation, attendees will have an increased knowledge of techniques in assisting lawyers who seek their help, in ways the lawyers may not have understood or appreciated.	2008	Psychiatry CD	2377
ATTORNEYS	Assistance to the fact finder: eyewitness expert testimony vs. attorney s closing arguments	Geiselman RE Mendez BA	Mistaken identity has been cited often as one of the leading causes of wrongful convictions in criminal trials. Several legal remedies have been proposed including eyewitness expert testimony. Geiselman et al. found expert testimony to improve jurors discrimination between good and poor eyewitnessing conditions, as described in a mock trial scenario, but inclusion of attorneys' adversarial closing arguments largely eliminated the enhanced discrimination. In the present experiment, judge's instructions were included prior to the closing arguments to explain that the attorneys' arguments are not evidence. Implications for presenting eyewitness expert testimony in a trial are discussed.	2005	psychology journal	1971
ATTORNEYS	Attorneys in the courtroom: tricks and ploys	Hambacher W	no abstract at this time	1995	psychology tape	1267
ATTORNEYS	Boundary violations- lethal weapon of plaintiffs' attorneys in malpractice lawsuits	Williams MH	Boundary violations have become a commonplace part of malpractice complaints against psychotherapists. Participants will understand how plaintiffs attorneys use "boundary violations" as an effective courtroom weapon. They will learn that many such "violations" are actually consistent with good, rather than negligent care, and will learn strategies to counter such charges in court should they serve as defense experts. Psychology	1998	psychology tape	303
ATTORNEYS	Communicating psychological findings to attorneys - workshop	Monguio I Kennedy S	For forensic psychologists, one of the most frustrating aspects of work in criminal cases is the nagging suspicion that the attorneys requesting our data and conclusions do not seem to be able to use it in a way that we would. Attorneys tell us that often they do not get information in a format that they are able use in court. A clinical neuropsychologist and a federal public defender will discuss needs, views, and problems from both perspectives.	2003	psychology tape	1189
ATTORNEYS	Consulting with attorneys on dissociative disorders and recovered memories	Vesper JH	Dissociative disorders are complex psychological problems that are not easily understood. The symptoms are explained in psychological jargon that makes it difficult for attorneys and jurors to comprehend. Therapists with practical clinical knowledge and well grounded, carefully researched theory can teach attorneys about the manifestations of dissociation and personality styles of people recovering memories of abuse and trauma. Clinicians can also prepare attorneys for possible opposing arguments raised by experts. This article provides research and clinical information that is used for both supporting and opposing viewpoints on this controversial subject.	1996	psychology journal	1121
ATTORNEYS	Consulting with attorneys on dissociative disorders and recovered memories	Vesper JH	5	1995	psychology tape	580
ATTORNEYS	Not competent to be executed: dilemmas faced by psychiatrists and attorneys	Levitt G Ryan C	The United State s death penalty policy is the focus of international debate. Arizona is not only facing the routine quandaries of how to deal with this highly polarizing issue, but also the question of individuals who are found Not Competent to be Executed. By presenting two highly publicized cases facing the Arizona courts, this article will outline relevant law and precedence related to Not Competent to be Executed individuals. It will also describe the reality for the inmates facing this designation and the frustrations of psychiatrists involved in providing care to these inmates.	2002	psychiatry journal	839
ATTORNEYS	Parental alienation, the 730 evaluator and the law: an attorney s perspective	Klein GL	Relevant custody law and definitions, the role of the 730 evaluator, the dynamics of parental alienation in high conflict custody cases, the elements of parental alienation, case studies and practical issues will be discussed. This presentation should increase the participant s ability to identify and recognize the signs, symptoms, interactions and family dynamics of parental alienation in the context of applicable law; and allow attendees to better understand estrangement, alignment and affinity distinctions. Participants will learn how to tackle the symptoms versus syndrome issue and how the system inherently encourages alienation.	2006	psychology CDs	2031
ATTORNEYS	Parental alienation, the 730 evaluator and the law: an attorney s perspective	Klein GL	Relevant custody law and definitions, the role of the 730 evaluator, the dynamics of parental alienation in high conflict custody cases, the elements of parental alienation, case studies and practical issues will be discussed. This presentation should increase the participant s ability to identify and recognize the signs, symptoms, interactions and family dynamics of parental alienation in the context of applicable law; and allow attendees to better understand estrangement, alignment and affinity distinctions. Participants will learn how to tackle the symptoms versus syndrome issue and how the system inherently encourages alienation.	2006	psychology CDs	2083
ATTORNEYS	Posttraumatic silencing: how the aftermath of trauma, PTSD and incarceration impede psychologist-defendant and attorney-defendant communications	Abueg FR	A relatively new and poorly understood construct discussed in the literature on trauma and posttrauamtic stress disorder (PTSD) is traumatic silencing. This notion represents patient-defendants (or litigants) who have specifically survived trauma, who tend to withhold or conceal information, often to their detriment in legal proceedings. Two case vignettes taken from recent death penalty trials will be discussed in detail and suggestions made for how forensic consultants can assist attorneys in interviewing strategies. Attendees will be able to define traumatic silencing; identify what aspects of PTSD, incarceration and prison culture contribute to silencing; understand what social, cultural and intrapersonal factors exacerbate silencing; discuss ways of helping attorneys in developing trust and mitigating barriers to disclosure.	2005	psychology tape	1449
ATTORNEYS	Psychotherapy and malpractice exposure-- questions plaintiff attorneys might formulate	Campbell TW	Mental health professionals may be more vulnerable to malpractice actions than they realize or care to acknowledge. When psychotherapists fail to maintain familiarity with the current literature, develop ill-conceived treatment plans, solicit the dependency of their clients, and confuse them by creating imaginary problems, their negligence invites malpractice litigation. This article reviews general issues related to psychotherapy malpractice, and it considers examples of treatment situations that could result in litigation.	1993	psychology journal	252
ATTORNEYS	Psychotherapy and malpractice exposure-- questions plaintiff attorneys might formulate	Campbell TW	Mental health professionals may be more vulnerable to malpractice actions than they realize or care to acknowledge. When psychotherapists fail to maintain familiarity with the current literature, develop ill-conceived treatment plans, solicit the dependency of their clients, and confuse them by creating imaginary problems, their negligence invites malpractice litigation. This article reviews general issues related to psychotherapy malpractice, and it considers examples of treatment situations that could result in litigation. Psychology	1993	psychology journal	1799
ATTORNEYS	San Francisco resident hotel fires and the role of forensic psychologists and attorneys	Sabatasso T	This presentation will address the role of a forensic psychologist in two large hotel fires involving two separate law firms with multiple party plaintiffs. These two cases will be presented in the context of the psychological testing strategies used. Attendees will learn of interview strategies, trauma and personality questionnaires administered to plaintiffs. Psychology	2006	psychology CDs	2040
ATTORNEYS	The will- guidelines for the psychiatrist and attorney	Schneiderman G	The will is not only the future disposition of one's worldly goods but also an expression of perceived and misperceived family relations. The will can be a weapon as well as an embodiment of love. Two cases of family destruction and dissolution and a third case of family tradition are contrasted. The goal of a will should be to distribute worldly good in an atmosphere of harmony. For this to succeed openness among family members and frankness, regardless of differences, counseled by an expert lawyer, give the best opportunity for a family tradition to thrive and develop.	1983	psychiatry journal	1522
ATTORNEYS	When attorneys contribute to emotional problems in their mentally ill clients	Mayers KS	Maladaptive interactions and relationships between attorneys and their hospitalized mental health clients are discussed. Several cases are presented in which attorneys represented clients in civil commitment hearings. The attorneys' actions tended to elicit, support and encourage inappropriate attitudes and maladaptive behaviors on the part of the clients. Suggested strategies to improve the interaction between the attorney and the mental health staff are provided.	1994	psychology journal	708
ATTORNEYS	When the boundary is crossed- protocol for attorneys, mental health professionals	Atkins EL Stein R	A protocol is offered to facilitate an understanding of the complicated psycholegal issues inherent in the situation where an individual indicates that he or she has been harmed as a result of sexual boundary violations by a prior therapist. The benefits of developing a collaborative clinician-attorney relationship are addressed. The rights of the client/patient and the responsibilities of the respective professionals are explored. The central theme of this protocol is the issue regarding the potential for the subsequent therapy, as well as the legal, administrative and criminal systems of redress, to be damaging in similar ways as was the original sexual boundary violation. The mental health practitioner faced with the prospect of treating such an individual needs to be aware of the unique needs of these individuals and the potential conflicts and pitfalls likely to be encountered in the process of addressing the emotional and legal issues.	1993	psychiatry journal	298
ATTORNEYS	When the boundary is crossed: a protocol for attorneys and mental health professionals	Atkins EL	The central theme of this protocol is the issue regarding the potential for the subsequent therapy, as well as the legal, administrative and criminal systems of redress, to be damaging in similar ways as was the original sexual boundary violation. The mental health practitioner faced with the prospect of treating such an individual needs to be aware of the unique needs of these individuals and the potential conflicts and pitfalls likely to be encountered in the process of addressing the emotional and legal issues.	1993	psychology journal	626
ATTORNEYS	Working with psychologists: the attorney s perspective	Cohen P Rosenbaum S Jacquin KM Gerson A	In this panel discussion, two attorneys will present their perspectives on working with psychologists in the context of representing people with psychiatric and developmental disabilities on a wide range of issues. The panel will also include two forensic psychologists.	2006	psychology CDs	2030
AUTISM	Accessing post-educational services for adults with autism	Holmes DL	This panel will present forensic psychologist/service provider, attorney, and parent perspectives on the various ways to access the limited post-educational services available for adults with autism. Representatives of the panel have personal experiences in undertaking individual and class action litigation for appropriate services, and individual lobbying for services. Each of these approaches will be described in depth with opportunity for interaction with attendees.	2004	psychology tape	2165
AUTISM	Child custody and visitation rights when autism is a consideration	Holmes D, Jones LR	Whenever custody or visitation issues occur during divorce proceedings there is most often significant debate over which parent should have the lead authority or no authority at all. When there are 'typically developing' children being considered these deliberations are frequently litigious and almost always emotional in nature. When autism is a consideration the stakes are even higher. This presentation will address the variables that must be addressed during such hearings, when autism is a consideration	2008	Psychology CD	2409
AUTISM	Children and adults with autism - appropriate support services	Hinkle H Holmes DL	This presentation will view the legal rights of children and adults with autism to receive appropriate educational, residential, employment, and other support services. The role of the legal team and forensic psychologists in determining the extent to which public agencies are in compliance with statutes and regulations will be discussed. The role of the expert witness, including fact finding, reporting, and testimony phases, will be addressed. Psychology	2003	psychology tape	1200
AUTISM	Competency/Informed Consent and Issues of Sexual Activity in Individuals with Autism and Developmental Disabilities	Holmes DL	When considering sexual activity among those with autism and other developmental disabilities, the law is clear that there must be mutual consent based upon the capacity to understand the implications of such activity. Informed consent is frequently the benchmark for such understanding. This presentation will review the myriad of variables that have been utilized to establish informed consent as it pertains to those with autism/developmental disabilities	2007	psychology CD	2250
AUTISM	Determining appropriateness of services for individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities	Holmes D	The presenters will address case law that reflects what is appropriate as it relates to educational and life supports for children and adults with autism, mental retardation, cerebral palsy and other disabilities. Panel members will present their experiences as litigators and expert witnesses to win appropriate and high quality services for their clientele. Psychology	2005	psychology tape	1440
AUTISM	Special education disputes in autism: role of a forensic child psychiatrist	Dhaliwal G	The current laws related to autistic children will be explained and what skills are needed for forensic psychiatrists who become involved in this area of litigation.	2006	psychiatry tapes	1992
AUTISM	The autism epidemic: who or what's at fault	Holmes DL	Attendees will become more able to differentiate myth from reality as it relates to the autism epidemic; will be better prepared to determine, as psychologists, whether they would want to be an expert witness for the prosecution or the defense in regard to culpability in the autism epidemic.	2006	psychology CDs	2020
AUTOMATISM	Sane automatisms	Vorster M		1996	psychiatry tapes	1255
AUTOPSY	Conducting the psychological autopsy- procedure and database for practitioners	Annon J		1994	psychology tape	892
AUTOPSY	Conducting the psychological autopsy, procedure and database for practitioners	Annon J	A forensic medical autopsy is a procedure conducted in order to determine the cause of death (e.g., acute barbiturate poisoning, gunshot wound) and its mode (homicide, suicide, accidental, natural). In cases where the cause of death is equivocal or the manner of death unexplained, a forensic postmortem psychological autopsy is performed, with the goal of assisting the medical examiner or coroner in the determination of the manner of unexplained death. Psychology	1994	psychology tape	526
AUTOPSY	Dead man talking: base rate as an adjunct to psychological autopsy evaluations: accidental vs. suicidal death	Simmons S	Psychological autopsies are performed to determine the intent of a decedent in his/her own demise. Understanding of pertinent psychiatric factors is of critical importance in making these determinations. However, it is important to be aware of the statistical likelihood behind suicide and accidental deaths so as to reduce potential subjective error. By using the available demographic information, a base probability of accidental versus suicidal death can be determined.	2006	psychiatry tapes	2006
AUTOPSY	Dead Man Talking: The Use of Base Rates as an Adjunct to Psychological Autopsy	Simmons S	Psychological autopsies are used to determine the mode of death when the intent of the decedent is equivocal. The use of psychological autopsies has been riddled with difficulties in part because of the lack of standardization in how or what data is collected to help form an opinion. This article will first discuss current standards and applications of psychological autopsies, as well as common decision making flaws, then delineate the importance of incorporating the use of base rates in a statistical model to further accurately identify the mode of death in equivocal cases.	2007	psychiatry journal	2297
AUTOPSY	Ethics in contemporary medicine: euthanasia and including the autopsy report of Marjorie Wantz in the Kevorkian case	Pope G		1992	psychiatry tapes	1332
AUTOPSY	Psychiatric autopsy-reconstruction of the psychodynamics related to an equivocal death	Villeneuve A	The psychiatric autopsy, its origins, and refined definition as a retrospective study of motivations that might relate to an equivocal death are examined. The autopsy can be utilized to determine the type of death, suicide or accident in the context of criminal or civil litigation. Cases discussed. Psychiatry \	1989	psychiatry tapes	68
AUTOPSY	Psychological autopsy	Gerson A Veraldi D			psychology tape	1228
AUTOPSY	Psychological autopsy in a workers' compensation death case	Gerson A	A small percentage of workers' compensation cases involve the death of the worker. Some are outright, others due to prolonged causes, yet others are due to accidents/suicides at a later date. It is important to determine if the death was accidental or suicidal to determine benefits for the survivors. Suicide prevention center psychological autopsy methods and the use of the psychological autopsy in the specific setting of workers' compensation will be discussed.	1994	psychology tape	527
AUTOPSY	The Psychological autopsy	Annon J	A forensic medical autopsy is a procedure conducted in order to determine the cause of death (for example, acute barbiturate poisoning, gunshot wound) and its mode (homicide, suicide, accidental, natural). In cases where the cause of death is equivocal or the manner of death unexplained, a forensic psychological autopsy is performed, with the goal of assisting the medical examiner, or coroner, in the determination of the manner of unexplained death. The results may also be used to settle criminal cases, estate questions, workers' compensation and insurance claims, and malpractice suits. This article describes the data base for a psychological autopsy, and a framework for helping to determine the difference between homicidal, suicidal, accidental, and natural deaths.	1995	psychology journal	1101
BAIL HEARINGS	Psychological evaluation in bail hearings	Klee S	This forensic case, seen in private practice, involves the use of psychological evaluation to help determine whether to allow a person charged with a violent crime to be released on bail. Assessment procedures and recommendations to court discussed.	1992	psychology tape	187
BATTERED WOMEN	Battered women- syndrome versus self-defense	Levit HI	This paper is about women who are battered and who commit acts of violence against their abusers, but it differentiates between those whose acts are a direct result of the Battered Woman Syndrome and those who simply act in self-defense.	1991	psychology journal	1744
BATTERED WOMEN	The battered woman defense	Levit HI	The success of the battered woman defense rests heavily on the psychologist as expert witness and the ability of the expert to convince the court and the jury of the impartiality of the evaluation, validity of the presence of whichever disorder is present, and the role of psychological factors that are present in the case. Repeat or serial evaluations at intervals are also important to show the development and evolution of the syndrome.	1985	psychology journal	1694
BIAS	Ambiguities caused by forensic psychology's dual identity- how to deal with the prevailing quantitative bias and "scientistic" posture	Nemeth AJ	This article addresses the scientist/practitioner duality, with its confusing effect on counsel, judge and jury. One malignant manifestation of the phenomenon is exploitation of the quantitative methodological bias, leading to misrepresentation of the other expert's method. The educational task comes clearly into focus, namely, to broaden our legal colleagues conceptual framework as to what the applied behavioral sciences are all about. We need to enlighten them on how a scientific inquiry into human behavior must select methods appropriate for the enormous complexity and multi-dimensionality of the subject, rather than manipulate, squeeze, and mutilate the subject so that it would fit a preconceived methodological design. We must explain and vigorously propagate the biopsychosocial model and its relevance to both practice and research. Forensic clinicians familiar with how the legal mind works will know that such an expanded conceptual system, with its ecologic validity and practical applicability, is singularly suited for the court s needs in adjudicating matters involving human behavior.	1995	psychology journal	1114
BIAS	Bias and debiasing techniques in forensic psychology	Williams A	In order to more easily defend forensic evaluations on the stand, psychologists must be aware of their vulnerabilities. This article defines types of bias confirmatory bias, anchoring, availability, illusory correlation, and hindsight bias and describes various debiasing techniques.	1992	psychology journal	230
BIAS	Bias and debiasing techniques in forensic psychology	Williams A	In order to more easily defend forensic evaluations on the stand, psychologists must be aware of their vulnerabilities. This article defines types of bias confirmatory bias, anchoring, availability, illusory correlation, and hindsight bias and describes various debiasing techniques. The first rule of self-defense is prevention. To prevent being effectively attacked on cross-examination, the psychologist must know where he is vulnerable. This article presents areas of vulnerability related to bias in forensic psychology and neuropsychology and suggests how the expert can protect himself.	1992	psychology journal	1790
BIAS	Black deeds in black robes-judicial mischief-how to identify a biased judge	Underwager R Wakefield H	An expert witness is controlled by judges' rulings on motions and objections. There is a strong bias and a results orientation in judges that often admits pseudo science and denies good science. Illustrations will be given of how to identify a bad judge and how to cope with the reality but remain a responsible scientist and expert. Learning objectives: to identify the bias and error of judges; perceive causal factors in the errors of judges; learn coping strategies and responses.	2002	psychology journal	796
BIAS	Black deeds in black robes-judicial mischief-how to identify a biased judge	Underwager R Wakefield H	An expert witness is controlled by judges' rulings on motions and objections. There is a strong bias and a results orientation in judges that often admits pseudo science and denies good science. Illustrations will be given of how to identify a bad judge and how to cope with the reality but remain a responsible scientist and expert. Learning objectives: to identify the bias and error of judges; perceive causal factors in the errors of judges; learn coping strategies and responses.	2002	psychology journal	1867
BIAS	Effects of ethnic stereotyping and ethnically-related cognitive biases on eyewitness recollections of height	Geiselman RE Chen YY	Subjects viewed a videotape of a staged robbery that was committed by either an Asian or a Caucasian perpetrator. Shortly after viewing the event, all subjects completed a questionnaire that included an item requesting an estimate of the perpetrator's height. The perpetrators were in fact the same height. However, both Asian and Caucasian witnesses recalled the Asian robber as being shorter than the Caucasian robber. In addition, Asian witnesses recalled both perpetrators as being shorter than did Caucasian witnesses. These results were interpreted in terms of ethnic stereotyping and ethnically-related cognitive biases. The form in which the height estimate question was phrased did not affect performance. Implications for the evaluation of eyewitness testimony that involves witnesses and suspects of Asian decent are discussed.	1993	psychology journal	1097
BIAS	Effects of interviewer bias and coercion on validity of confessions	Perrotti	no abstract at this time		psychology tape	1231
BIAS	Investigating the consequences of administering a standardized pretrial juror bias assessment	Morris D Lecci L	Participants were met by the experimenter and brought to a small room that housed a computer, a desk, and a chair... Below you will read a brief synopsis of a criminal case. After reading that synopsis, you will be given further instructions regarding the completion of a computer task. Please read the case synopsis and subsequent directions very carefully. Shortly before noon on December 1, 1998, two men wearing ski masks and carrying handguns walked into First Republic Bank and committed an armed robbery. They were seen leaving the bank on foot heading north. Approximately 15 minutes after receiving the radio call in his car about the robbery, a local police officer pulled into a nearby apartment complex to look for anything suspicious. As he was pulling in, he passed a car carrying four black males coming out of the complex.... The present investigation examines whether the administration of a standardized measure of pretrial bias affects verdicts, verdict confidence, and the selection and evaluation of evidence in a computerized trial. The literature on semantic priming suggests that pretrial juror assessments could function as primes for the very biases they purport to assess. However, the present findings, based on a sample of 147 college students, indicate that the administration of a standardized pretrial juror bias measure has no effect on trial relevant events. This suggests that standardized juror bias assessments can continue to be used in jury research, and could be more readily employed in actual trial settings	2005	psychology journal	1981
BIAS	Sexual harassment and gender bias-mental health dimensions	Shlensky R Gilbert M	This treatise on the legal and psychological dimensions of sexual harassment is written in the belief that these matters will become increasingly significant for mental health practitioners, particularly those involved in forensics. Mental health experts are well positioned to be a public resource in this area as they are knowledgeable about underlying psychological dimensions of interpersonal abuse.	1992	psychiatry journal	217
BIAS	Sexual harassment and gender bias-mental health dimensions	Shlensky R Gilbert M	This treatise on the legal and psychological dimensions of sexual harassment is written in the belief that these matters will become increasingly significant for mental health practitioners, particularly those involved in forensics. Mental health experts are well positioned to be a public resource in this area as they are knowledgeable about underlying psychological dimensions of interpersonal abuse.	1992	psychiatry journal	2483
BIAS	Suggested revisions of Independent Medical Examinations for reducing bias	Cherkas MS	Bias is a natural phenomenon in any evaluation system. In workers' compensation, however, it is greatly exaggerated, illegal, unethical and distorted in current procedures. The cost to the public, including insurance carriers, is immense, and it is unfair to workers. Attendees will be offered a pragmatic, realistic and achievable method of reducing bias and promoting fairness, with opportunities for true ethical evaluations.	1996	psychiatry tapes	483
BIAS	Use of the MMPI-2 in custody disputes --fraught with difficulties and bias	Posthuma A	Although the MMPI-2 is commonly used in custody disputes as a measure of the litigant's personality, it is fraught with difficulties in this context. The validity indicators typically indicate an overly positive bias, which courts are prone to interpret as lying, thus throwing the typical thick file pleadings into jeopardy. Secondly, reliance on computer based interpretation often paints an erroneous picture of the individual. This presentation utilizes normative data from the author's clinical files as well as a survey of the literature. Participants will become more informed as to the use of the MMPI-2 in custody disputes, limitations of computer generated interpretations, misuse of validity indicators and problems of accurate assessment of litigants in custody disputes	1993	Psychology tape	260
BIAS	Utility of the MCMI-3 in detecting response bias by forensic patients	Steffan JS Morgan RD	MCMI inventories have been employed in approximately one-third to one-half of custody, emotional injury, correctional, and competency to stand trial and criminal responsibility assessments . However, empirical investigations of the MCMI-3 are limited for many forensic assessment issues, which has partly contributed to a scholarly debate regarding the utility and courtroom admissibility of the MCMI-3 under the Daubert standard.	2005	psychology journal	1972
BLAME	Blame- from simplicity to sophistication	Glaser D	The concept of blame is ubiquitous in clinical psychiatry and psychology. Any seasoned nonforensic clinician is familiar with the concepts of externalization, projection, fixation, and denial. These concepts have significant pragmatic utility in forensic psychiatry as well. Individuals file civil lawsuits for a number of psychological reasons, from unambiguous psychiatric injury to delusional misperception. Criminal cases, in particular capital crimes, can elicit explanation of behaviors that run the spectrum from flimsy excuses to a bona fide exculpable mental state. In particular, the concept of blame can explain both the reasons for initiating a lawsuit, and persisting in the process of litigation, as well as impasses in possible settlement despite both plaintiff and defense attorneys similar perception of a fact pattern. This presentation offers a forensic schema for understanding blame and several pragmatic ideas that might be utilized.	1998	psychiatry tapes	432
BOARD COMPLAINTS	The psychologist as defendant- understanding the process of state board complaints	Brady DO	The psychologist facing a State Board of Examiners complaint often does not understand the process and assumes normal constitutional rights and due process law apply to administrative law procedures. States vary in procedures, methods of investigation and hearings. Inconsistent results, findings of fact and "punishment" variability are common. The ability of a state board to terminate a license and deprive a psychologist of both a property right (licensure to practice) and the right to earn a livelihood is presently inconsistent and often out of control. Participants will learn about board complaints and administrative law and methods of self-protection.	1997	psychology tape	350
BORDERLINE DISORDERS	Attachment problems in borderline forensic patients	West M Rose MS McDonald S Hashman K	Personality disorders (PD) are prevalent in mentally-distressed individuals in the criminal justice system. Severe PDs such as borderline personality disorder (BPD) make up a significant proportion of those individuals with a diagnosis of PD. BPD is characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability of mood, difficult interpersonal relationships and poor self-control, leading to significant impairment in social and occupational functioning. Moreover, the difficulties these individuals pose for clinical management and the inordinate demand they place on forensic treatment services make BPD a major public health problem. This study examines the style of attachment of borderline forensic patients as compared to avoidant/schizoid patients attending an outpatient psychiatric program	1996	psychiatry journal	1046
BORDERLINE DISORDERS	Borderline and related personality disorders - management and treatment issues	Veraldi D	If the therapist finds a way to exercise control over the borderline patient, treatment progress is likely to be delayed. Quite the reverse, the individual with borderline disorder fears being controlled and will go to great lengths not to surrender control to others.	1990	psychology tape	1
BORDERLINE DISORDERS	Borderline and related personality disorders - management and treatment issues	Veraldi D	If the therapist finds a way to exercise control over the borderline patient, treatment progress is likely to be delayed. Quite the reverse, the individual with borderline disorder fears being controlled and will go to great lengths not to surrender control to others.	1990	psychology tape	1
BORDERLINE DISORDERS	Borderline and related personality disorders: management and treatment issues	Ravin JM	no abstract	1991	psychology journal	1946
BORDERLINE DISORDERS	Borderline personality and the crime of fraud among women	Koopman PR	Dr. Koopman develops a working theory about the dynamic between the presence of a borderline personality and the commission of the specific crime of fraud among women. Why crime is the overt behavior and why this particular crime are questions that are explored. Clinical examples of patients assessed and treated who exhibit this pattern, include a group of five women who identified themselves as "the fraud squad."	1988	psychiatry tapes	733
BORDERLINE DISORDERS	Borderline personality dynamics, fetishism, burglary in adolescence	McCann JT	The sexual dynamics of certain criminal offenses often go unrecognized. However, sexually motivated crimes, such as fetishistic burglaries, are generally conceptualized as serious offenses that may lead to more aggressive or violent acting-out. This article presents a case of fetishistic burglary in an adolescent with borderline personality dynamics. The clinical and forensic assessment of sexually motivated burglaries, particularly those that occur in adolescence, should include a careful analysis of the personality disturbances in the offender. Comorbid features, such as criminal history, and the presence of other mental or personality disorders, are critical factors to consider when assessing whether or not a particular offender with a fetish is likely to become violent or aggressive. In addition, assessment of the offender s psychological functioning and personality dynamics is an important component of treatment planning.	2000	psychology journal	1461
BORDERLINE DISORDERS	Forensic psychiatric issues related to borderline personality	May R		2003	psychiatry tapes	2188
BORDERLINE DISORDERS	Forensic psychiatric issues related to borderline personality	May R	Borderline patients are at high risk for both suicidal and assaultive behaviors. Relevant forensic psychiatric issues relate to correct diagnosis, appropriate behavioral management, appropriate use of psychotropic medications, management of the suicidal patient, adequacy of safety precautions, premature discharge, termination of treatment and abandonment. Landmark cases and case vignettes will be used to highlight the various issues for risk management, thus preventing malpractice and liability.	2003	psychiatry tapes	1159
BOUNDARY VIOLATIONS	The scientific literature on harm in patient therapist sex; lysenkoism?	Furlong FW	While an expert in an action over therapist sexual misconduct, the author was confronted with literature claiming that harm in such situations was universal, severe and permanent. Hence specific facts of the case regarding disability and appropriate compensation were immaterial. This type of literature is reviewed, much of it methodologically defective, relying upon opinion surveys, anecdote, and psychodynamic speculation. With few exceptions, it is not science but political convenience: Lysenkoism. Knowledge of the defects in the literature will encourage forensic examiners to view carefully the specific facts in a given situation, and to use the literature with discernment, thereby promoting reasonable compensation.	2003	psychiatry tapes	1162
BOUNDARY VIOLATIONS	Boundary violations in clinical practice	Glaser D	no abstract at this time	1994	psychiatry tapes	1322
BOUNDARY VIOLATIONS	Boundary violations- the gray area	Gerson A Fox D	The question of minor violations of the dual relationship prohibition was explored through questionnaires presented to 600 forensic professionals (M.D., Ph.D., Psy.D., M.A., M.S.W). Responses were considered by profession, gender and years of experience. The data suggest an approach by the forensic professionals which is more cautious than that reported in earlier work. Homogeneity among the professions, gender and years of experience was found.	1999	psychology journal	645
BOUNDARY VIOLATIONS	Boundary violations: sexual misconduct	Glaser D Seligman	Criminal and civil litigation over alleged child sexual abuse have increased dramatically in the last decade. In addition, recent mental health malpractice cases reflect increases in liability for psychotherapists working with possible adult victims of childhood sexual abuse. These cases have related to recovery of past memory of abuse and the fashion in which the therapist managed the recovery, treatment and documentation. This presentation reviews some of the recent cases and focuses on the importance of therapist documentation in the ensuing litigation. False memory is presented in relationship to malpractice liability, standards of care, and methods of preserving evidence which emerges in therapy. A consulting approach to civil and criminal cases involving sexual abuse is reviewed. At the end of the presentation, participants will know the potential liability of mental health professionals when working with possible victims of childhood sexual abuse; be able to formulate a systematic approach to consulting on criminal or civil cases involving allegations made by possible adult victims of child sexual abuse in which they did not function as a therapist; be able to educate other mental health professionals on basic issues of false memory, therapist liability, and clinical documentation standards; be able to make recommendations to clinicians regarding the quality and quantity of their documentation and potential for liability.	1996	psychology tape	565
BURNOUT AND STRESS CLAIMS	Adrenal burnout: a relatively common overlooked	Glaser D	Adrenal burnout is not part of the clinical language of most psychiatrists or internists. However, the symptoms are very real (they can mimic major depressive disorder) and prevalence relatively high. For both clinical as well as medical-legal reasons, psychiatrists should be familiar with this syndrome. Antidepressant medication typically is ineffective. The condition is treatable but first it must be diagnosed. This presenter will discuss his personal experience with this profoundly debilitating illness. Attendees will learn how to obtain appropriate laboratory testing, how this disorder is competently treated, and how to find physicians versed in the treatment of this condition.	2006	psychiatry tapes	2014
BURNOUT AND STRESS CLAIMS	Burnout, Traumatic Stress and Coping Among Forensic Mental Health Practitioners	Marek WK Flower LK	Burnout is common in the field of mental health. Studies show that burnout may exist in more than half of psychologists, and these numbers may be even greater among forensic psychologists. Presenters will provide an overview of literature on burnout, secondary traumatic stress and methods of coping among mental health professionals. Participants will be better able to identify, understand and acknowledge burnout in themselves and colleagues and gain a better understanding of what sources are available for help and how to access those resources.	2007	psychology CD	2262
BURNOUT AND STRESS CLAIMS	Loneliness and compassion fatigue in the forensic psychologist	Gold K	According to recent studies, nearly 80 percent of psychologists at the pinnacle of their careers feel depleted and alone. Forensic psychologists, in particular, are at high risk because of the unusual demands of the specialty. This presentation explores the evolution of the forensic practitioner, the God complex, the pressure of ethical edicts and dilemmas within the community of colleagues. Individual and group treatments for compassion fatigue, loneliness, and burnout are discussed. Participants will be able to identify the developmental stages of professional practice, recognize the warning signs of compassion fatigue, and learn some of the options available for ameliorating the symptoms.	1999	psychology tape	414
BURNOUT AND STRESS CLAIMS	New approaches to job stress--needs of the worker and workplace conditions	Lowinger P	The evaluation of emotional illness due to stress, toxic exposure and injury on the job is considered from an advocacy perspective, with an emphasis on the needs of the worker.	1987	psychiatry tapes	118
BURNOUT AND STRESS CLAIMS	Stress claims, psychophysiology and expert psychological testimony	Grove R	Stress claims focus on subjective pre morbid and post trauma phenomena. Psychophysiology provides a "snapshot" of current stress reactivity. The question is, to what extent does current stress reactivity reflect either a pre morbid condition or a true posttraumatic reaction?	1992	psychology tape	185
CAPACITY	Assessing capacity instruments in inpatient legal proceedings	Gilman, RB Billick SB	The nature of psychiatric illness that brings patients to an inpatient psychiatric facility often raises questions about the capacity of these individuals to make treatment decisions. The purpose of this pilot study is to compare two easy to use tools for assessing competency and explore the potential role they may play in judicial reviews. Methods: The Competency Questionnaire (CQ) has been shown reliable and valid in assessing capacity to consent to hospitalization and treatment. The MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Treatment (MacCAT-T) is a more complex instrument that has had excellent correlation in capacity assessments. Both of these tools were administered to 13 inpatients refusing recommended treatment. Results: Thirty percent of the patients agreed to treatment without a judicial hearing. All patients who proceeded with judicial hearings were retained or medicated by court order. The total scores on the CQ and MacCAT-T correlated well (r = 0.87). Both tools were useful in assessing capacity. Discussion: The MacCAT-T provided a broader assessment of the patient s capacity, but was more subjective and took longer to administer. The CQ was quick and easy but provide less individualized information. This pilot study documents the need for fuller assessment of the MacCAT-T in judicial settings.	2003	psychiatry journal	1207
CAPACITY	Assessment of medical decision making capacity	Pasino JA	Capacity is the ability to understand information relevant to a decision and the ability to appreciate foreseeable consequences of a decision. In the medical field, it typically refers to a person s ability to give informed consent for a specific procedure. In rehabilitation, this has been extended to decisions regarding the medical discharge plan and destination. A system for capacity evaluation within a medical rehabilitation setting will be presented. Participants will understand the definition of capacity in medical decision making; identify relevant areas of assessment in the capacity evaluation; appreciate bioethical implications in determining capacity	2005	psychology tape	1451
CAPACITY	Cognitive and volitional capacity assessment- mental capacity at time of offense	Hall HV	Lack of criteria by which to evaluate mental health professional expert opinion in insanity defenses frequently leads to mutually contradictory courtroom testimony. Core of confusion results from lack of satisfactory definition of mental incapacity within the legal tests of insanity. Discussion.	1985	psychology journal	1689
CAPACITY	Diminished capacity and automatism as a defense	Barnard PG	Automatism is a complex legal concept which relates to diminished capacity. The case cited involved many significant physical and psychological elements including a severe reactive depression as well as lack of sleep and nutrition resulting in a dissociative episode during which a crime was committed. The forensic psychologist involved evaluated, treated, and testified at the criminal trial and the subsequent deposition for a civil lawsuit	1998	psychology journal	623
CAPACITY	Diminished capacity revisited	Slovenko R	Nearly every commentary on diminished capacity (or diminished responsibility) begins with a statement that the topic is confusing. Just what is diminished capacity? Just what are the consequences of evidence of diminished capacity? Just what is the difference, if any, between "mental illness" under an insanity defense and "mental illness" under diminished capacity? Does it apply to personality disorders which do not constitute mental illness under an insanity defense? Should