EDITORIALS:

Graham D. Glancy

Caveat Usare: Actuarial Schemes in Real Life
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 272-275. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert I. Simon

Suicide Risk Assessment: Is Clinical Experience Enough?
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 276-278. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOGRAPHIES:

Sameer P. Sarkar

John C. Gunn, MD, CBE: Politics and Humanity at the Heart of Science
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 279-282. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLE:

Jeffrey S. Janofsky and Anthony C. Tamburello

Diversion to the Mental Health System: Emergency Psychiatric Evaluations
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 283-291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REGULAR ARTICLE:

Allison D. Redlich, Henry J. Steadman, Pamela Clark Robbins, and Jeffrey W. Swanson

Use of the Criminal Justice System to Leverage Mental Health Treatment: Effects on Treatment Adherence and Satisfaction
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 292-299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles C. Dike

Commentary: Coerced Community Mental Health Treatment—An Added Burden on an Overstretched System
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 300-302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ezra E. H. Griffith and Rachel L. Bergeron

Cultural Stereotypes Die Hard: The Case of Transracial Adoption
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 303-314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth Bartholet

Commentary: Cultural Stereotypes Can and Do Die: It's Time to Move on With Transracial Adoption
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 315-320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diane H. Schetky

Commentary: Transracial Adoption—Changing Trends and Attitudes
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 321-323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine F. Lewis, Cynthia Fields, and Elizabeth Rainey

A Study of Geriatric Forensic Evaluees: Who Are the Violent Elderly?
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 324-332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Graeme A. Yorston and Pamela J. Taylor

Commentary: Older Offenders—No Place to Go?
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 333-337. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alan R. Felthous

Warning a Potential Victim of a Person's Dangerousness: Clinician's Duty or Victim's Right?
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 338-348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip Firestone, Drew A. Kingston, Audrey Wexler, and John M. Bradford

Long-Term Follow-up of Exhibitionists: Psychological, Phallometric, and Offense Characteristics
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 349-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan LaVelle Ficke, Kathleen J. Hart, and Paul A. Deardorff

The Performance of Incarcerated Juveniles on the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA)
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 360-373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara G. Haskins and J. Arturo Silva

Asperger's Disorder and Criminal Behavior: Forensic-Psychiatric Considerations
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 374-384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY:

Jeffrey W. Swanson, S. Van McCrary, Marvin S. Swartz, Eric B. Elbogen, and Richard A. Van Dorn

Superseding Psychiatric Advance Directives: Ethical and Legal Considerations
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 385-394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul S. Appelbaum

Commentary: Psychiatric Advance Directives at a Crossroads—When Can PADs be Overridden?
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 395-397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

George Szmukler and John Dawson

Commentary: Toward Resolving Some Dilemmas Concerning Psychiatric Advance Directives
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 398-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert Bernstein

Commentary: The Climate for Physician Adherence to Psychiatric Advance Directives
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 402-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victoria Harris

Electroconvulsive Therapy: Administrative Codes, Legislation, and Professional Recommendations
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 406-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LEGAL DIGEST:

Mark N. Rudolph

Competence to Stand Trial
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 412-414. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julie M. Amato and Ira K. Packer

Battered-Child Syndrome
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 414-416. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margaret A. Bolton and Debra A. Pinals

Guardianship
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 416-418. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isis V. Marrero and Debra A. Pinals

Malpractice
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 418-420. [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Brown and Ira K. Packer

Competence Requirements for Sexually Violent Predator Hearings
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 420-422. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Noroian and Fabian M. Saleh

Residency Restrictions for Convicted Sex Offenders
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 422-425. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hal S. Wortzel

The Abridged M’Naghten Standard and the Consideration of Mental-Disorder Evidence in Relation to Mens Rea
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 425-427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEW:

Jeff Feix

The Handbook of Psychopathy: Edited by Christopher J. Patrick. New York: The Guilford Press; 651 pp. $75.00.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2006 34: 428-430. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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