EDITORIALS:

Joseph D. Bloom, Brinda Krishnan, and Christopher Lockey

The Majority of Inpatient Psychiatric Beds Should Not Be Appropriated by the Forensic System
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 438-442. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLE:

Michael B. First and Robert L. Halon

Use of DSM Paraphilia Diagnoses in Sexually Violent Predator Commitment Cases
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 443-454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert A. Prentky, Anna I. Coward, and Adeena M. Gabriel

Commentary: Muddy Diagnostic Waters in the SVP Courtroom
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 455-458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas K. Zander

Commentary: Inventing Diagnosis for Civil Commitment of Rapists
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 459-469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REGULAR ARTICLE:

Michael A. Norko

The Death Penalty in Catholic Teaching and Medicine: Intersections and Places for Dialogue
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 470-481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John L. Young

Commentary: Further Points for Dialogue on the Death Penalty, the Church, and Our Profession
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 482-484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Richard Ciccone and Colleen Clements

Commentary: The Cost of Converting Religious Morals Into Politics
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 485-490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph R. Simpson

Functional MRI Lie Detection: Too Good to be True?
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 491-498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James R. Merikangas

Commentary: Functional MRI Lie Detection
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 499-501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel D. Langleben and Frank M. Dattilio

Commentary: The Future of Forensic Functional Brain Imaging
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 502-504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patricia R. Recupero

Forensic Evaluation of Problematic Internet Use
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 505-514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew M. Large and Olav Nielssen

Factors Associated With Agreement Between Experts in Evidence About Psychiatric Injury
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 515-521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas R. Morris and George F. Parker

Jackson's Indiana: State Hospital Competence Restoration in Indiana
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 522-534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY:

Cheryl D. Wills

The CHESS Method of Forensic Opinion Formulation: Striving to Checkmate Bias
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 535-540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stanley L. Brodsky and Phil Heller

Addressing the Perfect Phantom on the Witness Stand
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 541-543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio Preti

School Shooting as a Culturally Enforced Way of Expressing Suicidal Hostile Intentions
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 544-550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas R. Morris and Richard L. Frierson

Pro Se Competence in the Aftermath of Indiana v. Edwards
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 551-557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark C. Weber

AAPL Guideline for Forensic Evaluation of Psychiatric Disabilities: A Disability Law Perspective
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 558-562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REFLECTIONS:

Reena Kapoor

"Filled With Desperation": Psychotherapy With an Insanity Acquittee
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 563-566. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel J. Papapietro

Commentary: Psychotherapy in a Forensic Hospital
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 567-571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gwen Adshead

Commentary: On Walking and Talking
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 572-576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LEGAL DIGEST:

Sara G. West and Sherif Soliman

Competence to Stand Trial and Competence to Proceed Pro Se: A Unitary Standard?
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 577-579. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ryan Chaloner Winton Hall and Susan Hatters Friedman

Drug Diversion Program Rights
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 579-580. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher J. Lockey and Phillip Resnick

Physicians’ Duty to Prevent Harm to Nonpatients
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 580-583. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robindra Paul and Stephen Noffsinger

Involuntary Medication to Restore Competence to Stand Trial: Sell Revisited
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 583-585. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey C. Rouse and H. W. LeBourgeois, III

Federal Sentencing Guidelines
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 585-587. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Drew Morson and D. Clay Kelly

Federal Sentencing Guidelines
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 587-589. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gilberto De Jesús-Rentas and Joseph D. Bloom

Civil Commitment in Puerto Rico: Private Versus State Action
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 589-592. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

Tonya Teal Slawinski

Civil Commitment: A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Model
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 593-594. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lee H. Haller

The Art and Science of Child Custody Evaluations
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 594-595. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert M. Wettstein

Ethical Practice in Forensic Psychology: A Systematic Model for Decision Making • Forensic Ethics and the Expert Witness
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 595-598. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS:

Emanuel Tanay

J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 599. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kara Zivin, Duane DiFranco, Marcia Valenstein, Helen C. Kales, John F. Greden, and Rachel Nosowsky

Reply
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 599. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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