The optimization of trial competency restoration is a topic of growing interest and controversy
in the fields of forensics, psychology, criminal law, and public policy. Research has …

This rapid review summarizes currently available information on the definition, prevalence,
characteristics, and needs of long-stay patients within forensic psychiatric settings. Sixty nine …

Schizophrenia is associated with an elevated risk of aggression. Cognitive deficits have
been associated with inpatient aggression and future violence. The relationship between …

Objective: To develop a typology of criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial
using data-driven classification techniques and validate it against forensically relevant …

The primary aim was to perform a systematic literature review and extract data necessary for
a meta-analytic factor analysis of the RBANS. Secondary aims were to examine the potential …

Abstract In the United States, the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th
Amendment require that criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial be committed …

Intellectual functioning impacts defendants' competence to stand trial, though research on
this population remains limited. This study replicated and advanced prior work, focusing on …

Objective: A paucity of peer-reviewed research exists regarding the relation between
cognitive functioning and adjudicative competence, despite increasing awareness of …

Treatment with antipsychotics is a mainstay of trial competency restoration, particularly given
that most defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial have psychotic illnesses. We …

Referrals and admissions to state psychiatric hospitals of criminal defendants found
Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) are on the rise in the state of California and other parts of …