Behavioral Genetics in Criminal and Civil Courts
This article provides an overview of the historical and current developments in behavioral genetics. We then explore the extent to which behavioral genetic evidence has—and should—affect determinations of criminal responsibility and sentencing, as well as the possible ramifications of introducing such evidence in civil courts, with a focus on tort litigation and child custody disputes. We also consider two ways in which behavioral genetic evidence may come to court in the future—through genetic theft or the subpoena of a litigant’s biospecimen data that was previously obtained for clinical or research purposes—an...
Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - November 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Reviews Source Type: research
Legal Evidence of Subjective States: A Brain-Based Model of Chronic Pain Increases Accuracy and Fairness in Law
Abstract: Advances in structural and functional neuroimaging offer new ways to conceptualize chronic pain disorders and to prevent, diagnose, and treat chronic pain. Advances in pain science, though, do not entail changes in the concepts of chronic pain in law and culture. Authoritative legal and cultural conceptions of chronic pain continue to promote abstruse theories, characterizing these disorders as arising out of everything from a person’s unmet need for love to resistance to “patriarchy.” These constructs have consequences, impeding treatment and affecting whether individuals with chronic pain can obtain legal...
Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - November 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Reviews Source Type: research
Dementia, Decision Making, and Capacity
Learning objectives: After participating in this activity, learners should be better able to:
• Assess the neuropsychological literature on decision making and the medical and legal assessment of capacity in patients with dementia
• Identify the limitations of integrating findings from decision-making research into capacity assessments for patients with dementia
Abstract: Medical and legal professionals face the challenge of assessing capacity and competency to make medical, legal, and financial decisions in dementia patients with impaired decision making. While such assessments have classically focused on the capac...
Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - November 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Reviews Source Type: research
The Science of Addiction and Criminal Law
Abstract: Although there is debate in the scientific and clinical literature about how much choice addicts have concerning the use of drugs and related activities, this article demonstrates that Anglo-American criminal law is most consistent with the position that addicts have substantial choice about engaging in crimes involving their addiction. It suggests that the criminal law’s approach is consistent with plausible and reasonable current scientific and clinical understanding of addiction and is therefore defensible, but it also suggests that the law is unduly harsh and far from optimum. (Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry)
Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - November 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Perspectives Source Type: research
Introduction
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Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - November 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Special Issue: Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and the Law Source Type: research
A Quarter Century of Progress in Psychiatric Genetics
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Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - November 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: 25th Anniversary Brief Communications Source Type: research
Neurotherapeutic Interventions for Psychiatric Illness
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Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - November 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: 25th Anniversary Brief Communications Source Type: research
A Case of Functional Dystonia with Associated Functional Neurological Symptoms: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges
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Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - September 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Clinical Challenge Source Type: research
The Role of Stigma and Denormalization in Suicide-Prevention Laws in East Asia: A Sociocultural, Historical, and Ethical Perspective
Abstract: In many Western countries, the criminalization and stigmatization of suicide has given way to a biomedical approach aimed at destigmatizing suicide and treating underlying mental illness. By contrast, in many East Asian countries, suicide has never historically been criminalized or stigmatized. High rates of suicide in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have recently led policy makers in those countries to pursue innovative suicide-prevention strategies. The intentional denormalization of harmful behaviors has been discussed in the public health and ethics literatures, particularly with regard to smoking cessation, a...
Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - September 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Perspectives Source Type: research
Scope, Scale, and Dose of the World’s Largest School-Based Mental Health Programs
Abstract: Untreated mental health problems are among the most disabling, persistent, and costly health conditions. Because they often begin in childhood and continue into adulthood, there has been growing interest in preventive mental health programs for children. In recent years, several such programs have been implemented at regional, state, or national scale, and although many experimental studies have documented positive outcomes of individual programs, this article represents the first attempt to systematically compare the largest programs in terms of scope, scale, and dose. The school-based mental health programs dis...
Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - September 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Perspectives Source Type: research
Resting-State Functional Connectivity in the Human Connectome Project: Current Status and Relevance to Understanding Psychopathology
Abstract: A key tenet of modern psychiatry is that psychiatric disorders arise from abnormalities in brain circuits that support human behavior. Our ability to examine hypotheses around circuit-level abnormalities in psychiatric disorders has been made possible by advances in human neuroimaging technologies. These advances have provided the basis for recent efforts to develop a more complex understanding of the function of brain circuits in health and of their relationship to behavior—providing, in turn, a foundation for our understanding of how disruptions in such circuits contribute to the development of psychiatric di...
Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - September 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Perspectives Source Type: research
Bipolar Disorder and Early Emotional Trauma: A Critical Literature Review on Indicators of Prevalence Rates and Clinical Outcomes
Conclusion: The integration of the current findings with the identified studies reveals that (1) the methodological limitations noted by Daruy-Filho and colleagues have been largely resolved in more recent studies and (2) the presence of EET in patients with BD is associated with worse clinical outcomes, particularly early disease onset, presence of clinical or psychiatric comorbidities, suicide, and presence of psychotic episodes/symptoms. The review shows that patients with BD experience more traumatic situations than controls and that emotional trauma is the most frequent type of trauma in this group. (Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry)
Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - September 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Review Source Type: research
Neuroimaging in Psychiatry: A Quarter Century of Progress
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Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - September 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Advances in Psychiatric Research and Practice 25th Anniversary Brief Communication Source Type: research
Methodology and Reporting of Mobile Health and Smartphone Application Studies for Schizophrenia: Erratum
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Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Erratum Source Type: research
Mobile Technologies in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Pushing for Further Awareness and Research
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Source: Harvard Review of Psychiatry - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: research
