Sometimes a Submarine Is Just a Submarine
In this episode we review a number of topics, all either made relevant by or infused with concern over the pandemic. These topics include: Telement...
Forensic InService
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Forensic InService discusses the application of psychiatric, psychological, and social work evidence-based practice to matters of assessment and treatment, law, corrections, crime, and delinquency. We examine such concerns as the insanity defense, the high incarceration rate of individuals with mental illness, encounters with law enforcement, and the community management of sex offenders, as well as such macro concerns as the availability of treatment services, public perceptions of people with mental illness, and concerns related to social justice.
Caring For Coworkers During the Pandemic
In this episode we discuss the effects of the current pandemic and mega-disaster on mental health, as well as how daily life has changed over the past...
Reentry
In this episode we discuss the various aspects of Reentry, especially as they relate to persons with mental illness. We cover the reentry of insanity ...
The Leopold & Loeb Murder Trial
In this episode we discuss the infamous murder trial of Loepold & Loeb, who in 1924 kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago. The cr...
Mental Health Practice in the Courtroom
In this episode we discuss mental health practice in the courtroom, including the court and legal processes, our roles as educators, and our obligatio...
What's Up With Sex Offender Treatment?
In this episode we review a recent article from the BBC, by Danny Shaw, which reported that a recent study of the sex offender programs in England and...
The Relationship Between Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, Crime & Violence
SUMMARY In this episode we discuss the interplay between mental illness & substance abuse and how this interplay affects negative outcomes. Dr. Prices...
Safety Plans
Safety or relapse prevention plans are used in a number of areas of forensic mental health treatment, such as with persons with histories of substance...
Offense Cycles
As a follow-up to our last episode on Relapse Prevention with an Offender Population, in this episode we discuss offense cycles and node-link map...
Relapse Prevention with an Offender Population
TODAY’S TOPIC Relapse Prevention (RP), often interwoven with cognitive-behavioral techniques, is perhaps the most widely used treatment model in ad...