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The designated forensic professional program: A state government-university partnership to improve forensic mental health services

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As the law/mental health field has expanded and matured in the last 20 years, the sophistication required by mental health professionals in order to respond appropriately to legal questions has grown significantly. Courts and legislatures define a growing number of legal competencies. Judges and attorneys are more familiar with mental health law than they were 10 or 20 years ago.

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  1. Division of Forensic Mental Health, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Central Office, 25 Staniford St., 02114, Boston, MA

    Robert A. Fein Ph.D. (Assistant Commissioner)

  2. Forensic Service, Worcester State Hospital, Worcester, USA

    Kenneth L. Appelbaum M.D. (Director, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry)

  3. University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Massachusetts, USA

    Kenneth L. Appelbaum M.D. (Director, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry)

  4. Boston Juvenile Court Clinic, Division of Forensic Mental Health, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, USA

    Richard Barnum M.D. (Director, Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry) & Prudence Baxter M.D. (with the Cambridge Court Clinic)

  5. Harvard Medical School, USA

    Richard Barnum M.D. (Director, Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry) & Prudence Baxter M.D. (with the Cambridge Court Clinic)

  6. Law-Psychiatry Program, Psychiatry Department, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Massachusetts, USA

    Thomas Grisso Ph.D. (Professor of Psychiatry (Clinical Psychology) and Director of Forensic Training and Research)

  7. Bridgewater State Hospital, USA

    Naomi Leavitt Ph.D. (Director of Training)

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Fein, R.A., Appelbaum, K.L., Barnum, R. et al. The designated forensic professional program: A state government-university partnership to improve forensic mental health services. The Journal of Mental Health Administration 18, 223–230 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02518593

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