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The Cost of Unseen Suffering: Concealed Suffering and Suicidality

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Often times, mental health symptoms are underrecognized and misunderstood. Forensic psychiatrists use careful evaluation methods to examine mental health symptoms as a complex puzzle that is composed of various biological, developmental, social, and psychological factors. These factors can affect the way an individual adapts to stress, both in terms of their emotions and their behavior. When we analyze a suicide from a forensic perspective, we seek to understand what happened—factually, psychologically, and systemically.

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Telepsychiatry Standards & Practices – Understanding & Mitigating Liability Risks

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Telemedicine and telepsychiatry have been used routinely for the past decade, but during the COVID-19 pandemic these services are needed more than ever. Telepsychiatry is being used in sub-practices including addiction counseling. Some physicians are not aware of potential missteps and are opening themselves up to liability claims.

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Sanity Evaluations: The relationship between the mental state and the criminal behavior.

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The insanity defense is a traditional affirmative defense that dates back to biblical times with more relevant application dating back to English common law. Simply defined, the insanity defense determines whether a defendant is capable of being held criminally responsible for his or her actions. How sanity is more specifically defined differs between states and in Clark v. Arizona, 548 […]

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