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1. Improving patients’ rights to make choices in their treatment
A revolution is brewing that could offer true implementation of patients’ rights to treatment in the least restrictive setting
(June 2024)
2. Jails need help addressing the needs of people deemed incompetent
Jails have evolved as the de facto mental health hospitals for pretrial detainees. How can the competency process be improved to ensure fair treatment?
(April 2023)
3. Countering cognitive biases on experts’ objectivity in court
Mental health professionals’ opinions can be extremely influential in legal proceedings.
(September 2022)
4. A step back in juvenile sentencing
A Supreme Court opinion backtracks on juvenile constitutional rights at sentencing. Jones v. Mississippi (2021) is a troubling reversal from the idea that 'children are constitutionally different from adults for purposes of sentencing.'
(October 2021)
5. Mismanagement of psychotropics in the foster care system
How psychologists can help ensure appropriate prescribing and oversight of medications to foster children. The Tidball case illustrated the potential risks for using psychotropics on children, including psychosis, seizures, suicidal thoughts, and organ damage.
(January 2021)
6. Vicarious trauma among the nation's prison staff
The emotional burden on staff before and after executions can be overwhelming, but there are interventions in place for staff who have to help carry out death sentences.
(September 2020)
7. A legal fight over tribal rights
Did Congress ever officially abolish the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation and what are the legal and psychological ramifications of that decision?
(November 2019)
8. A call to study Native Americans' experiences in tribal and U.S. courts
Understanding the differences between native justice practices in tribal courts and the U.S. justice system could help reduce the high rate of incarceration of native people.
(April 2019)
9. Eliminating offensive legal language
Legal terms should be updated so that they foster respect for people with disabilities.
(May 2018)
10. Case highlights the burdens of indigent defendants
The state must provide an expert to examine and assist in evaluation, preparation and presentation of the defense.
(November 2017)

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