American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

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The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) is a professional organization in the field of forensic psychiatry.

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History and organization

It publishes the quarterly Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law . The Academy's Ethics guidelines for the practice of forensic psychiatry [1] form the basis of the guidelines of the Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. [2] They have also debated the medical ethics of psychiatrists testifying in death-penalty cases. [3]

Presidents

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ethics guidelines for the practice of forensic psychiatry". AAPL. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Ethics guidelines for the practice of forensic psychiatry". Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  3. ↑ Jelinek, Pauline (October 20, 1980). Associated Press
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