This commentary highlights the importance of statutory law and administrative rules to the
practice of forensic psychiatry. Often small changes in laws and rules significantly shape the …

The article presents the authors' insights about the benefits of attending a mental health
tribunal among psychiatry students. Topics include the integration of a tribunal experience …

The relationship between the mental health and criminal justice systems is a controversial
one and of growing importance. Formal education in the interface of mental health and …

The law is a public affair. The involvement of psychiatrists and psychiatry in legal and
judicial proceedings themselves, not to mention the ever-increasing media commentary, is …

The field of forensic mental health has grown exponentially in the past decades to include
forensic psychiatrists and psychologists serving as the primary experts to the court systems …

The Director of the Fellowship Program in Forensic Psychiatry should be an experienced
forensic psychiatrist. By the year 1983, the Director must be certified by the American Board …

Courts in New York and Texas have imposed limits on psychiatric research involving
involuntarily institutionalized patients as subjects, citing state and constitutional protection of …

In The Psychiatric Witness In Court: What Mental Health Professionals Need to Know, Cal
Colarusso documents how the psychiatric profession plays a vital role in the legal process …

Litigation involving the dismissal of residents has increased in the past decades. A review of
relevant court decisions and their implications for residency training programs is provided …

Ferenczi was interested in the fact that he was frightened of his patients. Most
psychoanalytic theory and technique conceals the simple fact that analysts are often …