DSM-5® and the Law

Changes and Challenges

Edited by Dr Charles Scott

First book to address how DSM-5 addresses the law and forensic evaluations
Makes extensive use of vignettes to illustrate key points
Provides an 8 step process to accurately record a DSM-5 diagnosis
Provides a suggested forensic report template to replace the DSM-IV multiaxial format
Provides specific guidelines on how to assess malingering under the new DSM-5 manual and criteria

DSM-5® and the Law

Changes and Challenges

Edited by Dr Charles Scott

Description

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is the most widely used and accepted scheme for diagnosing mental disorders in the United States and beyond. DSM-5 was released with profound changes revealed in the required diagnostic process, specific criteria for previously established diagnoses, as well as the addition and deletion of specific mental disorders. DSM-5® and the Law provides an excellent summary of the DSM-5 diagnostic changes and the implications of these changes in various types of criminal and civil litigation. It also provides practical guidelines on how to correctly use the DSM-5 diagnostic process to record diagnoses in a forensic report. Furthermore, DSM-5® and the Law highlights unique aspects of the assessment of malingering based on DSM-5 alterations of DSM-IV.

Special features include a summary of relevant diagnostic changes to each chapter topic, an application of the DSM-5 to a wide range of civil and criminal forensic evaluations, practical vignettes throughout the chapters to illustrate key forensic points, chapter tables to highlight relevant information, and focused summary points at the conclusion of each chapter. The reader is provided specific guidance on a range of evidence-based approaches to rate severity of psychotic disorders and a range of considerations for assessing disability.

This is the first book to apply how the DSM-5 changes will impact the specific forensic evaluations with practical guidance on how to face new challenges posed.

DSM-5® and the Law

Changes and Challenges

Edited by Dr Charles Scott

1. DSM-5: Development and Implementation
Jessica Ferranti, M.D.

2. DSM-5 and Major Diagnostic Changes
William Newman, M.D. and Brian Holoyda, M.D.

3. DSM-5: Diagnosing and Report Writing
Charles Scott, M.D.

4. DSM-5 and Psychiatric Evaluations of Individuals in the Criminal Justice System
Richard Frierson, M.D.

5. DSM-5: Competencies and the Criminal Justice System
Stephen Noffsinger, M.D. and Jennifer Piel, J.D, M.D.

6. DSM-5 and Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and Diminished Mens Rea Defenses
Stephen Noffsinger, M.D. and Jennifer Piel, J.D, M.D.

7. DSM-5 and Civil Competencies
Robert Weinstock, M.D, Jennifer Piel, J.D, M.D, and Gregory B. Leong, M.D.

8. DSM-5 and Personal Injury Litigation
Charles Scott, M.D, Ryan Wagoner, M.D, and Mace Beckson, M.D.

9. DSM-5 and Disability Evaluations
John Greene, M.D. and Charles Scott, M.D.

10. DSM-5 and Education Evaluations in School Aged Children
Anne McBride, M.D.

11. DSM-5 and Malingering
Barbara McDermott, Ph.D. and Charles Scott, M.D.

DSM-5® and the Law

Changes and Challenges

Edited by Dr Charles Scott

Author Information

Dr. Scott is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Chief of the Psychiatry and the Law Division at the University of California, Davis. He is a Past-President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) and has been a national instructor for the AAPL Annual Forensic Psychiatry Review Course for over 15 years. He serves as a consultant to the California Department of State Hospitals statewide implementation of DSM-5.

Contributors:

Mace Beckson, MD
Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA

Jessica Ferranti, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Training Director - General Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Division of Psychiatry and the Law
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of California-Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Richard Frierson, MD
Professor and Vice Chair for Education
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC

John Greene, MD
Adjunct Clinical Faculty Member
Stanford University Department of Psychiatry

Brian Holoyda, MD, MPH
Resident in General Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of California-Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Gregory Leong, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Anne McBride, MD
Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of California-Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Barbara McDermott, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Research Director - Napa State Hospital
Division of Psychiatry and the Law
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of California-Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

William Newman, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Training Director - Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
Division of Psychiatry and the Law
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of California-Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Stephen Noffsinger, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

Jennifer Piel, MD
Staff Psychiatrist, VA Puget Sound Health Systems
Associate Training Director, Psychiatry Residency Program
Acting Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Charles Scott, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Chief, Division of Psychiatry and the Law
Training Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of California-Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Ryan Wagoner, MD
Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
Division of Psychiatry and the Law
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of California-Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Robert Weinstock, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles, CA

DSM-5® and the Law

Changes and Challenges

Edited by Dr Charles Scott

Reviews and Awards

"This book clearly explains sophisticated nuances of DSM-5 diagnoses that will protect you from making errors on the witness stand. A must-have for all forensic clinicians." -- Phillip J. Resnick, M.D., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

"Dr. Scott has provided a comprehensive, scholarly, and insightful review of the process of development of the DSM-5, the American Psychiatric Association's most up-to-date psychiatric diagnostic classification system, and the implications of the changes embodied in the DSM-5 for the field of forensic psychiatry. The chapter authors, experts in their respective fields, have applied their breadth of knowledge and expertise to the analysis of the DSM-5's changes as they relate to criminal, civil, disability, and educational forensic evaluations, including? the assessment of malingering. Dr. Scott has masterfully organized this volume such that it provides both in-depth information and practical guidance that will be of invaluable assistance to forensic psychiatrists in addressing the controversies associated with the DSM-5 that may arise in the courtroom and in incorporating DSM-5's changes into their forensic practices." -- Liza Gold, Georgetown University School of Medicine

"This is the only work of its kind I have seen, and it provides a comfortable bridge between the functional changes associated with the DSM-5 and the effect they will have on completing forensic evaluations, both for civil and criminal matters. Chapters are well thought out and reasonably brief. The clinical vignettes help highlight the types of changes which could cause some practitioners difficulty. This is an impressive book that should prove to be a valuable resource for forensic practitioners or trainees." -- Steven T. Herron, Doody's