Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Addressing Structural Racism: an update from APA

Addressing Structural Racism: an update from APA This article first appeared in Current Psychiatry. Wills CD. Addressing Structural Racism: an update from APA, Curr Psychiatry. 2021, 20:39-46 A new Task Force focuses on dismantling racism in the APA and psychiatry The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, which as of mid-February 2021 had caused more than 486,000 deaths in the United States, has changed our lives forever. Elders and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) have been overrepresented among those lost.…

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Barriers to Clozapine Use for Competency Restoration and the Value of Further Study

Barriers to Clozapine Use for Competency Restoration and the Value of Further Study This article first appeared in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Wills CD. Barriers to Clozapine Use for Competency Restoration and the Value of Further Study. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 2021 115-20 (in press) Hospital-based restoration of adjudicative competence can be challenging, especially for patients who have treatment-resistant psychosis. Clozapine, which has helped many such…

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The CHESS Model of Forensic Opinion Formulation: striving to checkmate bias

The CHESS Model of Forensic Opinion Formulation: striving to checkmate bias This article first appeared in The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry Law. Wills, C. The CHESS Model of Forensic Opinion Formulation: striving to checkmate bias. J of the Am Acad of Psychiatry Law. 2008, 36:535-540 Expert witnesses use various methods to render dispassionate opinions. Some forensic psychiatrists acknowledge bias up front; other experts use principles endorsed by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law or other…

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