Third
National Seminar on Mental Health and the Criminal Law
Atlanta, Georgia
10/31/02-11/03/02
Agenda and
Materials:
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Thursday October 31
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3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Registration
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5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. |
Welcome & Overview of the Seminar
John Blume, Esq.
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5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. |
Recognizing and Appreciating the Significance
of Our Clients’ Mental Impairments
Scharlette Holdman, Ph.D.
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6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. |
The Five Steps to Obtaining a Reliable Mental
Health Evaluation
Richard
Burr, Esq.
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7:15 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
Understanding the DSM-IV (and prior editions)
Kathy Wayland,
Ph.D. |
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Friday
November 1
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8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
Psychological Testing - DOs and
DON’T
Kathy Wayland, Ph.D
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9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Laying the Proper Foundation: An
introduction to the development of an accurate Social
History
[4-5 Breakout groups
broken down alphabetically, w/ 2 faculty (attorney &expert per
group]
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10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
An Overview of
Mental Retardation
Timothy J. Derning, Ph.D., Scharlette
Holdman, Ph.D.
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1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. |
Race, Class and
Culture
Dorothy Granberry,
Ph.D.
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2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Breakout Sessions
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3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Emerging Issues (Autism Spectrum Disorders, Atkins and the mentally ill,
Execution Impact evidence)
Robert A. Babcock, Ph.D., John Blume, Esq., Pamela Leonard,
Donna Schwartz-Watts, M.D.
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4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Trauma - A Conceptual Framework
for Abuse
Kathy Wayland, Ph.D. |
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Saturday November 2
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8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
An Introduction to How the Brain
Works
James Merikangas, M.D.
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9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Breakout
Sessions
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10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |
Neuropsychology
for Lawyers
Karen Froming, Ph. D., Michael Laurence, Esq., Anthony Y.
Stringer, Ph.D.
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11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. |
Neuropsychological and Neurobiological Research Findings on Patients with Psychotic Disorders
Ruben C. Gur,
Ph.D.
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2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Fulfilling
the Promise of Atkins for Our Clients: A
Call to Arms
Prof. James Ellis
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3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Breakout
Sessions
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4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. |
Understanding, Diagnosing and Explaining Psychotic Disorders
Xavier Amador, Ph.D
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5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. | The Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on the Brain and Behavior
Pablo Stewart, M.D. |
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Sunday
November 3
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8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
Institutions and their Effects on our Clients
Craig Haney, Ph.D., Michael Fox, M.D.
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9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Breakout
Sessions
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Litigating Competency Issues
Judy Clarke, Esq., Michael Laurence, Esq.
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Litigating Mental Retardation Claims
Tom Dunn, Esq., Mark E. Olive, Esq.
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Government Tactics: Government evaluations, testing, and attacks on defense experts
Lisa Greenman, Esq., Denise Young, Esq.
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Dealing with and Learning from the Families of our Mentally Ill Clients
Xavier Amador, Ph.D.
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11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Answering the "So What" Question
Judy Clarke, Esq., Denise de La Rue, Esq.
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12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks
Denise Young, Esq. |
