scholarly journals External visible characteristics prediction through SNPs analysis in the forensic setting: a review

10.52586/4991 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 828
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Setting

Application of the Sads Diagnostic Interview to Forensic Psychiatry

1981 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Rogers ◽  
James L. Cavanaugh
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Psychiatry ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Significant Advance ◽  
Forensic Evaluations ◽  
Legal Questions ◽  
Fitness To Stand Trial ◽  
Structured Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Forensic Setting

The Schedule of Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (SADS), a sophisticated, semi-structured diagnostic interview, is introduced as a significant advance in forensic evaluations. Pertinent research on the SADS' development is summarized and its administration and use in the forensic setting are described in detail. Particular attention is focused on evaluations involving legal questions of sanity, fitness to stand trial, and treatability in delineating the clinical strengths and limitations of the SADS diagnostic interview.

1. Fatal Acute Hepatitis in Infectious Mononucleosis in a Forensic Setting

2005 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anny Sauvageau ◽  
Stéphanie Racette
Keyword(s):  
Acute Hepatitis ◽  
Infectious Mononucleosis ◽  
Splenic Rupture ◽  
Upper Airway ◽  
Neurological Complications ◽  
Bleeding Complications ◽  
Respiratory Obstruction ◽  
First Case ◽  
Secondary Infections ◽  
Forensic Setting

Mononucleosis is generally considered a benign, self-limited disease. However, though uncommon, fatal complications are sometimes encountered. Deaths from liver failure, splenic rupture, respiratory obstruction, neurological complications, secondary infections and bleeding complications have been described. In the forensic setting, there are a few reports of sudden and unexplained deaths from splenic rupture and upper airway obstruction. We report here the first case of sudden and unexplained death from acute hepatitis in infectious mononucleosis presenting as a suspicious death.

Enhancing forensic exposures in residency training

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Tobias Wasser ◽  
Saksham Chandra ◽  
Katherine Michaelsen
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Psychiatry Residents ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Forensic Evaluations ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
General Psychiatry ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Secondary Analyses ◽  
Forensic Setting ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the impact of a new, brief forensic rotation for general psychiatry residents on the variety of residents’ forensic exposures. Design/methodology/approach The authors surveyed residents who trained before and after the implementation of the new rotation to assess the impact of the rotation on the residents’ forensic experiences during training across a variety of domains. Findings Even in a highly clinical forensic setting, residents participating in the required rotation reported significantly greater variety of forensic experiences than those who had not completed the required rotation, including types of settings and assessments, Rotation completers reported greater exposure to various types of settings and assessments, and courtroom-related experiences, as well as the overall number of forensic exposures. The two groups did not differ in their forensic exposures in general psychiatry settings, civil-forensic evaluations or diverse forensic populations. Secondary analyses showed that increased exposure to court-based experiences and multiple forensic settings was associated with forensic fellowship interest. Originality/value This study demonstrates that a brief, mandatory forensic clinical rotation may increase residents’ exposure to forensic settings, assessments and courtroom-related experiences and that increased exposure to courtroom-based experiences in particular may increase interest in forensic fellowship. While not surprising, the results demonstrate that residents were not otherwise having these forensic experiences and that even time-limited forensic rotations can enhance the breadth of residents’ forensic exposures. Further, the rotation achieved these outcomes without using typical forensic sites but instead highly clinical sites, which may be particularly encouraging to residency programs without ready access to classic forensic rotation sites. This study contributes to the small but expanding body of the literature describing the value of increasing psychiatry residents’ training in clinical forensic psychiatry.

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