Psychosis vs. Psychopathy: Navigating the Risk of Violence in the Courtroom

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Date & Location
, , MA

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Nursing (1.00 hours), Social Work (1.00 hours), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) (1.00 hours), Psychology (American Psychological Association) (1.00 hours)

Overview
Psychosis vs. Psychopathy: Navigating the Risk of Violence in the Courtroom


Objectives
  1. Understand the distinctions in diagnoses of psychopathy, psychosis and anti-social personality disorder definitions, and the prevalence of violence and risk of harm to each respective diagnosis, including early untreated psychosis
  2. Understand the trajectory of patient from inpatient clinic to legal system, from clinician’s decision to submit patient, to the challenges and options of the court system in promoting civil rights and the best interests of mentally ill defendants from a j
  3. Understand the rates and frequency of types of violence in psychotic illness