Information for Practitioners

General Information

Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists

The final version of the Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists, prepared by the AP-LS Committee on the Revision of the Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology, was adopted by APA Council of Representatives on August 3, 2011.  The Guidelines will appear in a future edition of American Psychologist, and are also available HERE (as a PDF).

Information about previous version of 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. 

 

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