{"title":"Robert L. Sadoff, M.D.: A Festschrift","authors":"Kenneth J. Weiss","doi":"10.1177/009318531204000202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009318531204000202","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83131,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of psychiatry & law","volume":"40 1","pages":"113 - 115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76903276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Teaching Roles of the Forensic Psychiatrist","authors":"J. Ciccone, Joshua C. W. Jones","doi":"10.1177/009318531204000206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009318531204000206","url":null,"abstract":"As exemplified by the career of Robert L. Sadoff, M.D., the teaching roles of the forensic psychiatrist are enacted in medical settings (with medical students, psychiatric residents, forensic psychiatry fellows, and other fellows) and in legal settings as well (via expert witness testimony, amicus briefs, law school teaching, and legislative advocacy). New technologies and new audiences will continue to extend the educational influence of forensic psychiatrists, transforming as well as reflecting the profession's public and scientific profiles.","PeriodicalId":83131,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of psychiatry & law","volume":"45 1","pages":"167 - 184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85437641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accommodation without Exculpation? The Ethical and Legal Paradoxes of Borderline Personality Disorder","authors":"D. Sisti, A. Caplan","doi":"10.1177/009318531204000106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009318531204000106","url":null,"abstract":"Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex mental disorder that straddles the line between psychosis and neurosis. As such, questions about the moral and legal responsibility of persons with BPD are especially vexing. Persons suffering with borderline personality disorder typically are impulsive and suffer from impaired volition. They also lack a stable sense of self. Nonetheless, persons with borderline personality disorder often hold long-term, stable preferences—often related to discontinuing particular problematic behaviors—and have a degree of capacity that we argue creates prima facie conditions for holding them ethically and legally responsible. However, this limited capacity often falls short in smoothly accommodating day-to-day relationships. We argue that while a certain degree of accommodation is appropriate for persons with BPD, the diagnosis of BPD does not by itself provide sufficient grounds for voiding responsibility for criminal acts. Using a hierarchical theory of autonomy recognizing first- and second-order volition, we propose a sliding scale be used to ascertain the degree to which a person with BPD should be exculpated weighing the graveness of the act against an estimation of the congruence of second- and first-order volitions.","PeriodicalId":83131,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of psychiatry & law","volume":"47 1","pages":"75 - 92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73533269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Section: Essays and Reviews: The Psychopath Test: A Journey through the Madness Industry","authors":"J. Ronson","doi":"10.1177/009318531204000108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009318531204000108","url":null,"abstract":"From the author of \"Them and The Men Who Stare at Goats\", this is a book exploring the psychopath...This is a story about madness. It all starts when journalist Jon Ronson is contacted by a leading neurologist. She and several colleagues have recently received a cryptically puzzling book in the mail, and Jon is challenged to solve the mystery behind it. As he searches for the answer, Jon soon finds himself, unexpectedly, on an utterly compelling and often unbelievable adventure into the world of madness. Jon meets a Broadmoor inmate who swears he faked a mental disorder to get a lighter sentence but is now stuck there, with nobody believing he's sane. He meets some of the people who catalogue mental illness, and those who vehemently oppose them. He meets the influential psychologist who developed the industry standard Psychopath Test and who is convinced that many important CEOs and politicians are in fact psychopaths. Jon learns from him how to ferret out these high-flying psychopaths and, armed with his new psychopath-spotting abilities, heads into the corridors of power...Combining Jon's trademark humour, charm and investigative incision, \"The Psychopath Test\" is a deeply honest book unearthing dangerous truths and asking serious questions about how we define normality in a world where we are increasingly judged by our maddest edges.","PeriodicalId":83131,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of psychiatry & law","volume":"76 1","pages":"105 - 108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86318233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Nurse Ratched to Modern Forensic Mental Health Nursing","authors":"K. Brown","doi":"10.1177/009318531204000107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009318531204000107","url":null,"abstract":"Forensic mental health nurses are independent professionals who have individual professional responsibilities, but also share responsibility with medicine, hospitals, incarceration staff, and community teams. These nurses can be found in a variety of practice settings and are important members on a variety of mental health teams. Much has changed—for the better—in the evolution of the forensic mental health nurse in recent decades.","PeriodicalId":83131,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of psychiatry & law","volume":"48 1","pages":"104 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87937504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Training Geriatric Psychiatry Fellows in the Medicolegal Aspects of Psychiatric Consultation in the Nursing Home","authors":"K. A. Valdez, D. Maust, J. Streim","doi":"10.1177/009318531204000104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009318531204000104","url":null,"abstract":"Accredited fellowship training programs in geriatric psychiatry are required to address ethical and legal issues pertaining to mental health in older adults, and to provide clinical experiences that enable trainees to develop competencies in long-term care consultation. The growing number of criminal offenders with mental illness and other disabling conditions that require long-term care, along with comprehensive federal regulations that affect mental health care in nursing homes, is creating a more urgent public health need to train psychiatrists with specific competencies in patient care, interpersonal skills and communication, and systems-based practice as they apply to medicolegal aspects of psychiatric consultation in the nursing home setting. This article reviews legal and regulatory information that is pertinent to training fellows in the care of elderly nursing home residents with mental illness or behavioral problems. It describes several aspects of the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program at the University of Pennsylvania that promote development of skills in geriatric psychiatry consultation in nursing homes.","PeriodicalId":83131,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of psychiatry & law","volume":"21 1","pages":"43 - 61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85722699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Use of Narrative and Persuasion in the Child Forensic Psychiatric Report and Testimony","authors":"A. Steinberg, Laurentine Fromm","doi":"10.1177/009318531204000103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009318531204000103","url":null,"abstract":"Narrative is a fundamental means of making sense of experience. As child forensic psychiatrists attempt to convey evidence and opinions via report writing and testimony, they need to bear in mind an obligation to ensure that their efforts are as well received as feasible under the circumstances. This article discusses how narrative can serve functions that include humanizing individuals in the courtroom, giving voice to a young child, explaining interpersonal situations, and gathering and evaluating existing data.","PeriodicalId":83131,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of psychiatry & law","volume":"58 1","pages":"23 - 41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84837803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Childhood Trauma and Adverse Experience and Forensic Child Psychiatry: The Penn Center for Youth and Family Trauma Response and Recovery","authors":"S. Berkowitz","doi":"10.1177/009318531204000102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009318531204000102","url":null,"abstract":"Clinical traumatologists who treat children constantly work with multiple systems and agencies that have tremendous influence on children's developmental trajectory and may either support or impede recovery by the actions that they take. While the circumstances with which these children contend are not uncommon, they are always extremely intricate and complex. The child and adolescent psychiatrist who is an expert in childhood trauma and adversity has the formidable task of providing expert opinions and recommendations to multiple systems that typically are not knowledgeable about how to support, treat, and promote the development of traumatized children.","PeriodicalId":83131,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of psychiatry & law","volume":"89 1","pages":"22 - 5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75734020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethical and Legal Aspects of Psychosomatic Medicine","authors":"K. Patel, R. Weinrieb","doi":"10.1177/009318531204000105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009318531204000105","url":null,"abstract":"Psychosomatic medicine, also known as C-L (consultation and liaison) psychiatry, is a subspecialty of psychiatry that deals with the interface of psychological, ethical, social, and legal issues arising in clinical medicine. This article addresses ethical and legal aspects of practice in this area utilizing a case-review perspective.","PeriodicalId":83131,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of psychiatry & law","volume":"67 863 1","pages":"63 - 74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77078193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}