Forensic Psychiatry - Methods
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

A Study of the SIRS with severely traumatized patients.

30 Aug 2009 Clinical research has revealed that traumatized patients often elevate feigning indicators on psychological measures, which raises the possibility that traumatization and concomitant dissociation may lead to misclassifications of malingering. Within ... Read more...

Assessment and management of dangerous and severe personality disorders.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review recent literature on the assessment and management of individuals with severe personality disorders who present as a risk to others. RECENT FINDINGS: The literature shows an expansion of services for individuals with ... Read more...

[Psychiatric assessment of physicians on probation]

29 Jun 2009 Psychiatric assessment of physicians on probation is a challenge and has been widely neglected in the forensic literature to date. Based on own experience in this area, some typical cases are described. Physicians with substance use and legal ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Forensic Psychiatry - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A Study of the SIRS with severely traumatized patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Assessment and management of dangerous and severe personality disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• [Psychiatric assessment of physicians on probation] 29 Jun 2009
• Are exaggerated health complaints continuous or categorical? A taxometric analysis of the Health Problem Overstatement Scale. 30 May 2009
• [Methodological aspects of polygraph testing in the course of judicial proceedings] 29 Apr 2009
• Public attitudes toward sexual offenders and sex offender registration. 29 Apr 2009
• A pilot for a computer-based simulation system for risk estimation and treatment of mentally disordered offenders. 27 Feb 2009
• The impact of regionalization on reentry service outcomes for individuals with severe mental illness. 27 Feb 2009
• To sum or not to sum: taxometric analysis with ordered categorical assessment items. 27 Feb 2009
• Interpersonal characteristics of male criminal offenders: personality, psychopathological, and behavioral correlates. 27 Feb 2009
• The accuracy of recidivism risk assessments for sexual offenders: a meta-analysis of 118 prediction studies. 27 Feb 2009
• Individual differences in the propensity for partner sexual coercion. 27 Feb 2009
• Psychometric properties of the Marlowe-Crowne social desirability scale with adult male sexual offenders. 27 Feb 2009
• Errors of logic and scholarship concerning dissociative identity disorder. 27 Feb 2009
• Beyond Munchausen by proxy: a proposed conceptualization for cases of recurring, unsubstantiated sexual abuse allegations. 27 Feb 2009
• Recidivism among child sexual abusers: initial results of a 13-year longitudinal random sample. 27 Feb 2009
• Accepted legal applications of actuarial testing and delinquency interventions: examples of savings in real-life situations. 30 Jan 2009
• Can violent (re)offense be predicted? Review of the role of the clinician and use of actuarial tests in light of new data. 30 Jan 2009
• Applying rapid serial visual presentation to adolescent sexual offenders: attentional bias as a measure of deviant sexual interest? 19 Jan 2009
• Effects of sex offender registration policies on juvenile justice decision making. 11 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Forensic Psychiatry'

Definition: Psychiatry in its legal aspects. This includes criminology, penology, commitment of mentally ill, the psychiatrist's role in compensation cases, the problems of releasing information to the court, and of expert testimony.

Descriptor UI: D005555

Alternative terms: Forensic Psychiatry; Psychiatry, Forensic; Jurisprudence, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Jurisprudence;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.096.544.335; H02.403.776.655.208; I01.198.780.937.469; I01.880.604.583.310; N03.706.535.351;

Online Note: use FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY to search JURISPRUDENCE, PSYCHIATRIC 1967-68; use FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE to search CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 1966-74

History Note: 69; was JURISPRUDENCE, PSYCHIATRIC 1967-68; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74, was heading 1963-64

Technical Notes: SPEC qualif