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Between a rock and a soft place: developmental research and the child advocacy processThomas Grisso
Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 34:619-27. 2005..For psychological scientists to be effective in conducting research relevant to child advocacy, it is important to maintain our identity as scientists and resist any efforts on the part of others to label this work as advocacy...- Violent thoughts and violent behavior following hospitalization for mental disorderT Grisso
Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 68:388-98. 2000..Reporting violent thoughts was significantly related to measures of psychopathy, anger, and impulsiveness... - Progress and perils in the juvenile justice and mental health movementThomas Grisso
Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 35:158-67. 2007..Those potential perils are described with an eye to reducing their impact, thereby sustaining the movement and its potentially positive effects... - The empirical limits of forensic mental health assessmentThomas Grisso
Law and Psychiatry Program, Center for Mental Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Law Hum Behav 29:1-5. 2005.... - From case management to court clinic: examining forensic system involvement of persons with severe mental illnessW H Fisher
Center for Mental Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
Ment Health Serv Res 2:41-9. 2000..These data indicate that demographic characteristics, substance abuse, and lack of insurance are potential risk factors for forensic and, by inference, criminal justice system involvement among persons with mental illness... - Therapeutic misconception and the appreciation of risks in clinical trialsCharles W Lidz
Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Soc Sci Med 58:1689-97. 2004..The results of this research suggest that subjects often sign consents to participate in clinical trials with only the most modest appreciation of the risks and disadvantages of participation... - Commentary: civil commitment statutes--40 years of circumventionWilliam H Fisher
University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 38:365-8. 2010..This commentary provides a brief overview of other examples of the stretching of commitment laws, providing a broader context for viewing the findings of Levitt and colleagues... 
Sex and race differences in mental health symptoms in juvenile justice: the MAYSI-2 national meta-analysisGina M Vincent
Center for Mental Health Services Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 47:282-90. 2008..This multisite, archival study examined whether sex and race differences, when they exist, were consistent across U.S. juvenile justice programs...- Subtypes of adolescent offenders: affective traits and antisocial behavior patternsGina M Vincent
Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachussetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Behav Sci Law 21:695-712. 2003..Implications for developmental models of chronic offending are discussed in light of the need for further follow-up into adulthood... - Competence of depressed patients for consent to researchP S Appelbaum
Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
Am J Psychiatry 156:1380-4. 1999..This study used a new instrument for assessing depressed patients' capacities to consent to research and examined their performance, including the relation between severity of depression and extent of impairment... - Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument for mental health needs of juvenile justice youthsT Grisso
Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 40:541-8. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: The MAYSI-2 shows promise as a reliable and valid screening tool to assist juvenile justice staff in identifying youths who may need an immediate response to mental or emotional problems... - Therapeutic misconception in clinical research: frequency and risk factorsPaul S Appelbaum
Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
IRB 26:1-8. 2004 - Juveniles' competence to stand trial: a comparison of adolescents' and adults' capacities as trial defendantsThomas Grisso
Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
Law Hum Behav 27:333-63. 2003..Implications of these results for policy and practice are discussed, with an emphasis on the development of legal standards that recognize immaturity as a potential predicate of incompetence to stand trial... - Adolescent development and the measurement of juvenile psychopathyDaniel Seagrave
University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
Law Hum Behav 26:219-39. 2002..We provide the basis for our concern, as well as standards regarding the types of research evidence that should be provided before psychopathy measures are accepted for use in juvenile forensic assessments... - Validity and structure of a self-report measure of youth psychopathyFrances J Lexcen
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, 55 Lake Avenue North, WSH-8B, Worcester, MA 01654, USA
Behav Sci Law 22:69-84. 2004..High scores on both factors were associated with high YSR and MAYSI-2 scales, suggesting that the measure identified youth who were distressed on several measures of emotional, psychological, and behavioral disorder... - Five year research update (1996-2000): evaluations for competence to stand trial (adjudicative competence)Denise L Mumley
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Worcester State Hospital 8C, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Behav Sci Law 21:329-50. 2003..g., juveniles, persons with mental retardation, and women); and (viii) treatment to restore competence. Suggestions are offered for further research to advance the quality of clinical evaluations of adjudicative competence... - The MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study revisited: two views ten years after its initial publicationE Fuller Torrey
Treatment Advocacy Center, Arlington, VA 22203, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:147-52. 2008..They present six points on which they disagree with the findings or fault the design of the MacArthur Study. After each point, Dr. Monahan, Dr. Steadman, and other authors of the MacArthur Study Group respond... - The classification of violence riskJohn Monahan
School of Law, University of Virginia, 580 Massie Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903 1789, USA
Behav Sci Law 24:721-30. 2006..In this article, the development of the COVR software is described and several issues that arise in its administration are discussed... - Comorbid symptom patterns in female juvenile offendersNaomi E Goldstein
Department of Psychology, Drexel University, MS 626, 245 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192, USA
Int J Law Psychiatry 26:565-82. 2003 - An actuarial model of violence risk assessment for persons with mental disordersJohn Monahan
the University of Virginia School of Law, Charlotteville, 22903, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:810-5. 2005..The purpose of the study reported here was to determine the validity of the multiple ICT model in distinguishing between patients with high and low risk of violence in the community when applied to a new sample of individuals... - Mental health assessments in juvenile justice: report on the consensus conferenceGail A Wasserman
Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice, Department of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York 10032, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:752-61. 2003..The proposed guidelines for mental health assessment provide explicit information about how, why, and when to obtain mental health information on justice youths at each important juncture in processing... - Research ethics for mental health science involving ethnic minority children and youthsCelia B Fisher
Department of Psychology, Center for Ethics Education, Fordham University, Dealy Hall, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Am Psychol 57:1024-40. 2002..This report summarizes the key recommendations distilled from these discussions... - Aggression toward forensic evaluators: a statewide surveyNaomi Leavitt
Cambridge Court Clinic, 40 Thorndike Street, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 34:231-9. 2006..Training programs and work settings should validate the legitimacy of these reactions, and help clinicians to cope with their emotional reactions... - Teaching adolescents and adults about adjudicative proceedings: a comparison of pre- and post-teaching scores on the MacCAT-CAJodi L Viljoen
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
Law Hum Behav 31:419-32. 2007..The implications of these findings are discussed... - Applicability of traditional and revised models of psychopathy to the Psychopathy Checklist: screening versionJennifer L Skeem
Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Box 455030, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 5030, USA
Psychol Assess 15:41-55. 2003..Implications for future research are discussed... - Do childhood mental disorders cause adult crime?Thomas Grisso
Am J Psychiatry 164:1625-7. 2007 - Correction and clarificationPaul S Appelbaum
IRB 26:18. 2004 - The competence-related abilities of adolescent defendants in criminal courtNorman Poythress
University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Law Hum Behav 30:75-92. 2006..These findings suggest that as a group, 16-17-year-old Direct File adolescents do not have significant deficits in competence-related abilities due to age or immaturity...