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Volume 17, Issue 4

Forensic Psychiatry: Focus on Malpractice and Risk Management

October 2019

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From the Guest Editor

October 2019

Forensic Psychiatry: Focus on Malpractice and Risk Management

Peter Ash, M.D.

Page:331
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190032

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October 2019

Malpractice Law and Psychiatry: An Overview

Richard L. Frierson, M.D., and
Kaustubh G. Joshi, M.D.

Pages:332–336
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190017

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The major elements of a medical malpractice claim, the litigation process, and the common allegations of negligence that are encountered in such cases are reviewed, and the article provides an overview of the types of malpractice liability insurance and ...

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October 2019

State Medical Boards, Licensure, and Discipline in the United States

Jacqueline Landess, M.D., J.D.

Pages:337–342
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190020

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A brief history of medical licensing and regulation is presented along with common causes for medical board complaints and general medical–legal issues to consider if a psychiatrist becomes the subject of a medical board complaint.

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CME

October 2019

Malpractice Liability Due to Patient Violence

Phillip Resnick, M.D., and
Adrienne Saxton, M.D.

Pages:343–348
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190022

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The authors provide an overview of malpractice liability for patient violence, violence risk factors, and principles of violence risk assessment. They also offer some practical risk management strategies to reduce clinicians’ risk of liability for violent ...

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October 2019

Liability and Patient Suicide

Debra A. Pinals, M.D.

Pages:349–354
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190023

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This article reviews basic elements for the general practitioner of adult psychiatry related to suicide risk factors, firearms and suicide, nonsuicidal self-injury, risk screening and assessment, strategies for risk mitigation, and liability surrounding ...

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October 2019

Children Are Different: Liability Issues in Working With Suicidal and Dangerous Youths

Peter Ash, M.D.

Pages:355–359
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190018

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Youths’ legal status and developmental differences call for approaches to both risk assessment and treatment that can differ from those for adults. In addition to good clinical practice, careful documentation of care in working with youths who pose a ...

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October 2019

Trends in Confidentiality and Disclosure

Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D.

Pages:360–364
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190021

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Three areas in which rules governing confidentiality have rapidly evolved are examined: the duty to warn or protect potential third-party victims, the establishment of psychotherapist-patient privilege for federal courts; and the codification of ...

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October 2019

Boundaries, Professionalism, and Malpractice in Psychiatry

Susan Hatters Friedman, M.D., and
Richard P. Martinez, M.D., M.H.

Pages:365–371
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190019

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Boundary violations are an uncommon but nonetheless important cause of malpractice action against the psychiatrist and include various breaches ranging from sexual liaisons to inappropriate online behaviors. Recommendations for avoiding boundary ...

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October 2019

Clinician Liability in Prescribing Antidepressants

Deborah Giorgi-Guarnieri, M.D., J.D.

Pages:372–379
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190024

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This article explores malpractice lawsuits against clinicians and clinician liability concerning the use of antidepressants from time of clinical trial to removal from the public domain.

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October 2019

Medicating During Pregnancy

Kelly L. Coffman, M.D., M.P.H., and
Peter Ash, M.D.

Pages:380–381
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190034

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Ethics Commentary

October 2019

When Liability and Ethics Diverge

Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D.

Pages:382–386
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190031

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Communication Commentary

October 2019

Engaging Youths for Accurate Risk Assessment in the Context of School Shootings

by Dorothy E. Stubbe, M.D.

Pages:387–390
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190033

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Bibliography

October 2019

Forensic Psychiatry: Focus on Malpractice and Risk Management

Page:391
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.17405

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Influential Publications

October 2019

AAPL Practice Resource for the Forensic Evaluation of Psychiatric Disability

Stuart A. Anfang, M.D.,
Liza H. Gold, M.D., and
Donald J. Meyer, M.D.

Pages:392–428
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.17401

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October 2019

The Classification of Violence Risk

John Monahan, Ph.D.,
Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D.,
Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D.,
Thomas Grisso, Ph.D.,
Edward P. Mulvey, Ph.D.,
Loren H. Roth, M.D., M.P.H.,
Pamela Clark Robbins, B.A.,
Stephen Banks, Ph.D., and
Eric Silver, Ph.D.

Page:429
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.17404

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The Classification of Violence Risk (COVR^®) is an interactive software program designed to estimate the risk that a person hospitalized for mental disorder will be violent to others. The software leads the evaluator through a chart review and a brief ...

October 2019

The Tarasoff Rule: The Implications of Interstate Variation and Gaps in Professional Training

Rebecca Johnson, M.A.,
Govind Persad, J.D., and
Dominic Sisti, Ph.D.

Pages:435–442
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.17402

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Recent events have revived questions about the circumstances that ought to trigger therapists’ duty to warn or protect. There is extensive interstate variation in duty to warn or protect statutes enacted and rulings made in the wake of the California ...

October 2019

Resource Document on Risk-Based Gun Removal Laws

Reena Kapoor, M.D.,
Elissa Benedek, M.D.,
Richard J. Bonnie, L.L.B.,
Tanuja Gandhi, M.D.,
Liza Gold, M.D.,
Seth Judd, M.D.,
Debra A. Pinals, M.D.

Pages:443–451
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.17403

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Departments

October 2019

Appreciation to Reviewers

Page:434
Published Online:7 November 2019

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.174app

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