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Access to firearms by people with mental ilnness
Resource Document on Access to Firearms by People with Mental Illness Approved by the Joint Reference Committee, June 2009 Reports of mass shootings and other serious firearmrelated violence, such as the Columbine shootings of 1999 and the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, are often accompanied by indications that the perpetrator had some emotional disturbance or mental illness. These incidents have raised growing concern about access to firearms (1) by people with mental disorders. Current f
Peer review of expert testimony
The American legal system seeks justice through the adversarial process. The adversarial process, by its very nature, tends to highly polarize ideas. At times psychiatrists who testify as expert witnesses in court or similar settings have been perceived in the popular, legal and medical literature as either deficient in knowledge or to have knowingly behaved in an unethical manner to advance the cause of the party who hired them.(1-6) Sometimes these perceptions are not accurate. Other times the
Position Statement on Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in the Criminal Justice System
Position Statement on Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in the Criminal Justice System
Position Statement on the Use of Antipsychotic Medication in Patients with Major Neurocognitive Disorder
Position Statement on the Use of Antipsychotic Medication in Patients with Major Neurocognitive Disorder
Position Statement on the Care of Medically Vulnerable Migrants in the United States
Position Statement on the Care of Medically Vulnerable Migrants in the United States
Position Statement on Supporting Implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
Position Statement on Supporting Implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
Position Statement on Screening and Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Position Statement on Screening and Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Position Statement on Firearm Access, Acts of Violence, and the Relationship to Mental Illness and Mental Health Services
Position Statement on Firearm Access, Acts of Violence, and the Relationship to Mental Illness and Mental Health Services
Resolution Condemning the Role of Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic in Human Rights Abuses in the Former Yugoslavia
Resolution Condemning the Role of Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic in Human Rights Abuses in the Former Yugoslavia
Position Statement on Separation of Children and Adolescents from Adult Patients in State Mental Hospitals
Position Statement on Separation of Children and Adolescents from Adult Patients in State Mental Hospitals
Position Statement on Codification of Medical Evaluation and Management Services in Psychotherapy
Position Statement on Codification of Medical Evaluation and Management Services in Psychotherapy
Use of medication in treating childhood and adolescent depression: Information for patients and families
This revision of the original 2005 Parents Medical Guide to the treatment of depression in children and adolescents is a joint project of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. It has been updated to include important research that has added to our knowledge about effective treatments for child and adolescent depression. Its goal is to help parents and families make informed decisions about getting the best care for a child with dep