Criminal Competencies

Landmark Cases in Forensic Psychiatry ◽

10.1093/med/9780199344659.003.0023 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 135-140

Author(s):

Matthew W. Grover

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Psychiatric Practice ◽

Competence To Stand Trial ◽

Legal Standards ◽

Forensic Psychiatric

Chapter 23 includes cases that are important for one of the staples of forensic psychiatric practice, competence to stand trial evaluations. Knowledge of the legal standards required for one to defend oneself, either with or without an attorney, is necessary for a practitioner to be able to capably assess whether a mental illness prevents a defendant from participating in the adjudication process. The cases in this chapter are Dusky v. U.S., Wilson v. U.S., Jackson v. Indiana, Drope v. Missouri, Godinez v. Moran, Cooper v. Oklahoma, and Indiana v. Edwards.

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Criminal Competencies

Landmark Cases in Forensic Psychiatry ◽

10.1093/med/9780190914424.003.0023 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 165-172

Author(s):

Matthew W. Grover ◽

Heather Ellis Cucolo ◽

Merrill Rotter

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Wait Time ◽

Washington State ◽

Psychiatric Practice ◽

Competence To Stand Trial ◽

Practical Issue ◽

Competency Restoration ◽

Legal Standards ◽

Forensic Psychiatric ◽

Washington State Department

Chapter 22 includes cases that are important for one of the staples of forensic psychiatric practice, competence to stand trial evaluations. Knowledge of the legal standards required for one to defend oneself, either with or without an attorney, is necessary for a practitioner to be able to capably assess whether a mental illness prevents a defendant from participating in the adjudication process. The cases in this chapter are Dusky v. U.S., Wilson v. U.S., Jackson v. Indiana, Drope v. Missouri, Godinez v. Moran, Cooper v. Oklahoma and Indiana v. Edwards. The newest case (Trueblood v. Washington State Department of Social and Helth Services) looks at the practical issue of the wait time for competency restoration treatment as a potential constitutional violation.

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Is There a Need for Elderly Forensic Psychiatric Services?

Medicine Science and the Law ◽

10.1258/rsmmsl.45.2.154 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 154-160 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

I O Nnatu ◽

F Mahomed ◽

A Shah

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Old Age ◽

The Elderly ◽

Mentally Disordered Offenders ◽

Mentally Disordered ◽

Court Diversion ◽

Mental Health Difficulties ◽

Old Age Psychiatry ◽

Forensic Psychiatric ◽

Developed Nations

The population of the elderly in most developed nations is on the increase. Furthermore, the prevalence of mental disorder amongst elderly offenders is high. The true extent of `elderly' crime is unknown because much of it goes undetected and unreported. This leads to a failure to detect mental illness in such offenders. Court diversion schemes may improve recognition of mental illness but these schemes usually tend to deal with the more severe crimes. This may result in an overestimation of the amount of serious crime committed by the elderly and a failure to detect mental illness amongst those who commit less serious crimes. Efforts to service this hidden morbidity call for multi-agency collaboration. Improved detection and reporting of crimes is essential if mental health difficulties in the elderly are not to go unnoticed. The needs of elderly mentally-disordered offenders are complex and fall within the expertise of old age and forensic psychiatry, without being adequately met by either one. Therefore, consideration should be given to the development of a tertiary specialist forensic old-age psychiatry service.

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The rise and fall of anti-psychiatry

Psychiatric Bulletin ◽

10.1192/pb.19.12.743 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 19 (12) ◽

pp. 743-746 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Mervat Nasser

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Psychiatric Practice ◽

The Past ◽

Health Institutions ◽

Mental Health Institutions ◽

The Impact

A review is made of the anti-psychiatric movement through its major protagonists, Lacan, Laing, Cooper and Szasz. The ideology was set to challenge the concept of mental illness and question the authority of the psychiatrist and the need for mental health institutions. The anti-psychiatric movement received a lot of attention in the 1970s but is now considered to be of the past and of likely interest to the psychiatric historian. However, the impact of the movement on current psychiatric practice requires further re-examination and appraisal.

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Forty-five revolutions per minute: a qualitative study of Hybrid Order use in forensic psychiatric practice

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology ◽

10.1080/14789949.2019.1588910 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 429-447

Author(s):

V. Beech ◽

CM. Marshall ◽

T. Exworthy ◽

J. Peay ◽

NJ. Blackwood

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Psychiatric Practice ◽

Forensic Psychiatric

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Discrimination against people with mental illness: what can psychiatrists do?

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment ◽

10.1192/apt.bp.107.004481 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 53-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Graham Thornicroft ◽

Diana Rose ◽

Nisha Mehta

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Mental Illnesses ◽

Psychiatric Practice ◽

Stigma And Discrimination ◽

People With Mental Illness

SummaryThis article discusses the evidence that experiences of stigmatisation and discrimination among people with mental illnesses are common and may be severe. Furthermore, there are growing concerns that people with mental illness receive second-class physical healthcare. Beyond this, some aspects of psychiatric practice are reported as being insensitive, disrespectful or even disabling. We consider whether such claims are justified and what psychiatrists can do, directly and indirectly, to reduce stigma and discrimination and improve our practice.

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