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CE 1: Foundations of Ethical Neuropsychological Assessment for the Criminal Courts

Robert L. Denney, Psy.D, ABPP-CN
Associate Professor and Director of Neuropsychology, The School of Professional Psychology at Forest Institute
Forensic Neuropsychologist, U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners
Springfield, MO, USA

Clinical Neuropsychologists, Psychiatrists, and Neurologists are increasingly called upon to evaluate criminal defendants.  However, even excellent clinicians are often not prepared to deal with the specialized issues in this setting.  This intermediate workshop will focus on core competencies of practice for the clinician performing such assessments for the criminal courts.  These issues include the broad theoretical differences in practice between clinical and criminal forensic assessment, including the unique ethical issues inherent in this practice.  We will cover case law and legal standards related to various legal competencies and also review mainstream competency assessment instruments.  We will review the history and current standards for insanity. Negative response bias and malingering base rates in this setting will be reviewed as well as specialized assessment strategies for detecting feigned remote memory loss and incompetency. Case examples will demonstrate appropriate/inappropriate synthesis of findings. By participation in this course, the learner will achieve the following objectives: (1) Understanding of how to incorporate a multi-data source model of evaluation; (2) develop a better awareness of the unique ethical concerns in the criminal forensic setting; (3) become aware of the core mental health case law and statutes that are required for practice in the criminal forensic setting.