Forensic Mental Health Expert By: Carell Brown

What is Forensic Mental Health A field of workers who work with the legal system as it relates to laws regarding mental health issues

Who? Forensic Physiatrist Social workers Nurses Psychometrician Occupational therapist Behavioral therapist Recreational therapists

What? Human behavior- (sex offenders, parole, personality disorders) Competency- diminished capacity of the individual at the time of the crime Examine the accused and see if they can stand trial Determine the level of criminal responsibility due to mental illness Work in an institution for the mentally ill trying to help them overcome their illness and avoid recidivism Profile subjects Profiling Expert testimony They read people their rights who are mentally ill and explain the laws to them They help appoint people who can speak for the mentally ill when they are too sick to do it themselves

When? Custody Cases Divorce Negligence Malpractice Workplace Violence Homicide

Case Study Theodore Robert Bundy Between 1974 and 1978 he raped and killed young women in Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, and Florida. He confessed to 28 murders, but estimates make him responsible for hundreds of deaths. Dr. James Dobson was the doctor on the case. – Questioning – Interviewing – General dealing with – Childhood evaluations

Education Mental Health Further training in Forensic mental health – Some receive training through organizations (for example the FBI) Psychiatry – 5 years of psychiatric training Medical school Specialty examination

Dr. Mark Diamond Education B.S. degree in Chemistry Finished osteopathic medical school with a D.O. degree AMA residency in Psychiatry completed a Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship (typically 4 years of residency and one year in Fellowship). certified Correctional Health Professional Some training in Toxicology Worked for EPA (prior to medical school) in Washington, D.C. and in the Dallas regional office some training in Pathology (Forensic Pathology)

Dr. Mark Diamond Daily Routine Hours vary because over half of his work now is private practice. Working nights and on weekends are not uncommon but free time during the week does exist He works mainly in forensic psychiatry evaluations (a lot of criminal cases including some death penalty or capital cases), seeing patients in youth corrections, adult correctional settings (jails, prisons), public defenders, district attorneys, and judges, sees patients through mental health centers and state hospitals, lectures nationally at times and also teaches at the medical school in Denver and reviews the evaluations of the forensic psychiatry fellows. No other job, all the money comes from forensic mental health work

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