Information for Practitioners

General Information

Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists

Information about the Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists, prepared by the AP-LS Committee on the Revision of the Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology, including their revision history appears on this Web page.  You can also view the current draft from September, 2008 (as a PDF).  The current Guidelines, adopted in 1991, are also available.

 

Call for Website Resource Submissions
Related to the Practice of Psychology

The 2010 APA Presidential Task Force on Advancing Practice has issued this Call for Submissions (downloadable as a Word file).  From the Call:

APA’s President-Elect, Carol D. Goodheart, Ed.D., has formed the Presidential Task Force on Advancing Practice (APTF), chaired by Karen M. Zager, Ph.D.  An essential part of our mission is to develop innovative methods for psychologists to find and share clinical information and practice management tools, by creating and organizing web-based resources that will be available as a value-added benefit for APA members.  An exciting “Wiki” platform will be piloted with members during 2010 and the task force is in the process of “seeding” the Wiki with materials of direct relevance and immediate practical use for clinicians in diverse spheres of practice.  We hope that APA members, Divisions, STPAs and other organizations will be key sources of this material.

Please use the template at http://apacustomout.apa.org/PsycLink/default.aspx to submit appropriate resources for consideration. Resources can be in the form of PowerPoint presentations, documents, articles, books, pamphlets, spreadsheets, website links, etc.  Please submit all resources by February 1, 2010 but earlier submissions are encouraged.

 

Legal Resources & Court Cases

Information about the law and important or current court opinions can be found at these sites:

• List of Landmark Cases in Forensic Psychiatry (by Dr. James Hooper)
• Psychiatry & Law Updates Website "An Educational Service for Mental Health Clinicians, Clinical & Forensic Psychiatrists and Psychologists, Other Forensic Professionals, Attorneys, Judges, and Judicial Professionals"
• ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• Virginia's Commission on Mental Health Law Reform
• Links to State Mental Health Courts (from National Center for State Courts)
• Mental Health Courts Resource Guide (from National Center for State Courts)
• Mental Health Law Links (from megalaw.com)
• Psychiatry and Law Updates
• Recent U.S. Court of Appeals Mental Health Law Decisions - from LII
• Summary of State Laws for Mental Health Treatment (from Treatment Advocacy Center)
• The Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project

 

Continuing Education Information

Workshops from which Continuing Education credit may be earned are frequently held in association with the AP-LS Annual Conference.  The programming for the March, 2010 Conference in Vancouver, Canada has not yet been finalized.  When it is, it will be listed here

 

Other Links

Separate Web pages contain links about the following:

• Professional Organizations in Psychology & Law

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Other Sites with Links about Clinical Psychology & Law include:

• http://www.dennisfox.net/courses/psylaw-links.html
• David Willshire's Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry Links
• http://www.psychology.org/links/Environment_Behavior_Relationships/Forensic/
• Links from Lloyd Sealy Library @ John Jay College for Criminal Justice
• Links & Other Resources (from Dr. Karen Franklin)
• Forensic Resource and Criminal Law Search Site (sponsored by Forensic Bioinformatics) 
• UK Forensic Psychology Advice about Forensic Psychology from the British Psychological Society