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Introduction | Overview. Introduction to website. Seminar topics. Briefing a case. Law, Psychiatry, Clinical Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry. |
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Basic Law I | Judicial system. Sources of law. Legal principles & terms. Slides. |
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Basic Law II | Mental health law. Introduction to Landmark Cases. Full texts Slides. |
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Legal Regulation of Psychiatry | The fiduciary relationship. Formation, duty, termination, abandonment. Boundaries. Standard of care. Codes, regs, stare decisis. Slides Ethics. |
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Psychiatrist Duties | Duty to protect. Review of Tarasoff by John Greene, MD. Informed consent. Tort of abandonment. Risk assessment. Inpatient Psychiatry. |
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Patient Rights | Patient rights (slides). Least restrictive alternative. Probate vs. LPS Conservatorship. Hospital Psychiatry (slides). Informed Consent by Anthony Cozzolino, MD (slides). |
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Malpractice | Law of Torts. Scientific vs. legal causation. Causes of action. Principles of prevention. Liability insurance. MICRA. Anatomy of a case. Slides |
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Forensic Psychiatry | Forensic assessment. Ethics. Legal reasoning. Role of expert witness. Courtroom skills. Report writing. Presentation on Malingering by Anthony Cozzolino, M.D. |
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Forensic - Criminal | Outline of Criminal Forensic Psychiatry by Brad Novak, MD. Slides |
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Forensic - Civil | Privacy, confidentiality, and privilege. Testamentary, testimonial, contractual, and medical competency. Psychiatric damages.Slides. Presented by Dr. Novak. |
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Disability & Workplace Law | Workers' Comp, SB 899, Social Security, private disability insurance, fitness-for-duty, organinzational psychiatry, ADA. Slides. Physician fitness-for-duty exam.. |
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Hypnosis. HIPAA. Advanced Psychiatric Directives. Medical Board. Databanks. Probable Cause & Certification Review by Howard Fenn, MD (slides). |
Suggested
Reading |
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Textbook of Psychiatry and Law. Simon & Gold (2004) |
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Legal Medicine, 6th Ed. American College of Legal Medicine (2004) |
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Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry. Rosner. (1994). |
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| California Physician’s Legal Handbook, California Medical Association (current edition) | |
| Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry & the Law, 3rd Ed. Gutheil & Appelbaum. (2000) | |