Forensic Psychiatry

The National Commission on Correctional Health Care has issued a new directive for trauma-responsive care for children and adolescents in correctional facilities.

Here’s how to distinguish false allegations of sexual abuse.

Parental alienation: a mental condition is indeed founded on scientific research.

How can one parent weaponize allegations of abuse and how can it damage a child’s mental health?

Here’s why longitudinal evaluations in high-conflict divorce cases are critical.

In cases of parental alienation, these 8 steps should happen.

Timelines can assist mental health experts in cases of false allegations of abuse.

Positive feelings toward abusers: a survival and coping skill?

Mental health and medical care are the focus of the upcoming NCCHC in-person and virtual conferences on correctional health care.

Here’s a step-by-step guide of how to beat false allegations of child abuse.

Child custody battles can get contentious. Here’s how to handle false allegations.

Evaluating a new framework for evaluating undue influence and its implications for elder abuse and human trafficking cases.

How can we more effectively evaluate undue influence? Here are methodologies and findings for research into a new framework that may help victims of undue influence find justice.

How can we evaluate undue influence to get justice for victims of cults and other exploitation situations?

After parents break up, why is the father-daughter relationship typically more damaged than the father-son relationship?

Here’s how to avoid false assumptions in cases of parental alienation to ensure better outcomes for children.

How can mental health experts help identify false allegations and alienation during divorce proceedings?

With so many stories of trauma associated with the criminal justice system, it is time to reexamine how this population is treated.

Forensic psychiatry is not for everyone, but looking back on his life and illustrious career, James L. Knoll IV, MD, realizes that he was destined to study crime.

James L. Knoll IV, MD, shares insights from his decades in forensic psychiatry, where he has treated some of the criminal justice system’s most difficult and dangerous patients.

False allegations of abuse during a custody battle can seriously harm children. Here's how psychiatrists can separate fact from fiction.

How can digital therapeutics overcome barriers to psychiatric treatment in forensic settings?

A clinical approach to detecting false allegations of abuse in child custody cases.

What does the scientific evidence tell us about treatment for pedophilia? The answer might surprise you.

Does the typical malpractice insurance policy cover COVID-related claims? That question and more answered.