Law and Mental Health: The Complexity of Adjudicative Competence Evaluations for Defendants with ID скачать в хорошем качестве

Law and Mental Health: The Complexity of Adjudicative Competence Evaluations for Defendants with ID

Law and Mental Health: The Complexity of Adjudicative Competence Evaluations for Defendants with Intellectual Disability (ID): Arguing (Again) for Distinct Practices & Procedures -Mary E. Wood, PhD, ABPP Dr. Mary Elizabeth (M.E.) Wood joined the doctoral program faculty in the Department of Psychology and Philosophy at Sam Houston State University (SHSU) in 2024, where she directs the Psycho-Legal Assessment & Intellectual Disability (PLAID) Lab. She completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Psychology and the Law from the University of Alabama, followed by a predoctoral internship and then postdoctoral fellowship in Forensic Psychology at Patton State Hospital. From 2017-2024, Dr. Wood was faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). While there, Dr. Wood was a member of the Vanderbilt Forensic Evaluation Team, faculty in the Vanderbilt Forensic Psychiatry Clinic, supervisor in the Forensic Psychology Internship Program (APA-accredited), and director of the Forensic Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship. Dr. Wood is licensed as a psychologist in Tennessee, Texas, and through PSYPACT, and she is board certified in Forensic Psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). She has conducted over 1,500 forensic evaluations for a myriad of issues including adjudicative competence, conservatorship, capacity to waive Miranda, mental state at the time of the alleged offense, sentencing mitigation, Atkins, etc., and she has testified numerous times in juvenile, criminal, and federal courts. Dr. Wood’s primary clinical and research interests fall at the interface of psychology and the law, with a particular emphasis on the appropriate identification, assessment, and treatment of individuals with Intellectual Disability (ID) in forensic settings. Learning Objectives: 1. Identify at least two specific modifications to the interview/assessment process that are specific to evaluating defendants with Intellectual Disability (ID). 2. Discuss at least one strength and one weakness of the Competence Assessment for Standing Trial for Defendants with ID (CAST*ID). 3. List the diagnostic criteria and at least one psychosocial vulnerability associated with ID. Please note: CEUs, CEs, and CMEs, as well as Certificates of Completion are not available from viewing recordings. In order to be eligible for credit, trainings and presentations must be attended live. Views expressed during this training or presentation do not reflect those of the University of New Mexico. Copyright Notice All Rights Reserved. All material appearing on the University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences YouTube (“content”) is protected by copyright under U.S. Copyright laws and is the property the University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences or the party credited as the provider of the content. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, display, perform, modify, create derivative works, transmit, or in any way exploit any such content, nor may you distribute any part of this content over any network, including a local area network, sell or offer it for sale, or use such content to construct any kind of database. You may not alter or remove any copyright or other notice from copies of the content on the University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences YouTube. Copying or storing any content except as provided above is expressly prohibited without prior written permission of the University or the copyright holder identified in the individual content’s copyright notice. For permission to use the content on the University’s website, please contact [email protected]. Disclaimer The content contained in University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences YouTube is provided only for educational and informational purposes or as required by U.S. or N.M. law. The University attempts to ensure that content is accurate and obtained from reliable sources, but does not represent it to be error-free. University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences may add, amend or repeal any policy, procedure or regulation, and failure to timely post such changes to its website shall not be construed as a waiver of enforcement. University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences does not warrant that any functions on its website will be uninterrupted, that defects will be corrected, or that the website will be free from viruses or other harmful components. Any links to third party information on the University’s YouTube are provided as a courtesy and do not constitute an endorsement of those materials or the third party providing them.