Forensic mental telehealth assessment (FMTA) in the context of COVID-19.
Int J Law Psychiatry
; 71: 101595, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2257626
ABSTRACT
Due to the present COVID-19 pandemic, forensic mental telehealth assessment (FMTA) is an increasingly utilized means of conducting court-sanctioned psychiatric and psychological evaluations. FMTA is not a novel development, and studies have been published during the past two decades that opine on the positive and negative implications of conducting testing and interview procedures online, in forensic and traditionally clinical matters alike. The present article examines prospects for eventual legal challenges to FMTA, describes considerations for conducting FMTA in both institutional and residential settings, and concludes that FMTA is now-due to predicted accommodations on the part of courts, attorneys, institutions, and professional guilds-a permanent part of the forensic evaluation landscape, even once the present COVID-19 pandemic has subsided.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Forensic Psychiatry
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Telemedicine
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Coronavirus Infections
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Mental Disorders
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Int J Law Psychiatry
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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