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It may help in assessing things like suicide risk, but its use raises informed consent issues

Watch for these four scenarios when evaluating patients in your same ethnic group, expert advises

Consider both physical and non-physical measures

Most defenses involve psychosis or bipolar disorder, but there are interesting exceptions

"[We're] basically adopting from the sex offender literature"

Balancing First Amendment rights against psychic harm

Art, natural light, other elements can improve results, researchers say

Study highlights challenges in diagnosis, treatment in veterans and general population

But a few states haven't yet passed laws on it

While some experts approve of the facilities, several questions remain

Results call into question who should receive death penalty, researchers say

Should a competency exam by an outside doctor be required?

Determining competency and when physicians should intervene

Review compared them with male arsonists, non-arsonist female offenders