Course Description
Not unlike cisgender heterosexual persons, LGBTQIA individuals interact with every level of the justice system. For LGBTQIA individuals however, their sexual or gender minority status is commonly directly related to their justice involvement, regardless of whether they are the victims or perpetrators of the alleged crime. A few examples of such situations include a transgender female getting assaulted in a hate crime, a lesbian woman subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace, a bisexual man murdering his parents after they forced him to undergo conversion therapy, or a gay man raping another in what started as a voluntary BDSM sexual encounter. Forensic psychiatric experts are often called upon to weigh in on various aspects of such legal cases. The decision to retain an expert who identifies as LGBTQ or not is complex, and is one focus of this panel presentation. Other LGBTQIA topics will include a review of the so-called “gay panic” criminal defense, the mitigation of suicide risk within the transgender population, and common barriers LGBTQIA persons face in criminal adjudication as well as in accessing mental health treatment within jails, prisons and forensic settings.
Speakers
Elie G. Aoun, MD, New York, NY
Barry Wall, MD, Providence, RI
Ren Belcher, MD, Boston, MA
Bethany L. Hughes, MD, Wichita Falls, TX
Charles Dike, MD, New Haven, CT
Accreditation StatementBarry Wall, MD, Providence, RI
Ren Belcher, MD, Boston, MA
Bethany L. Hughes, MD, Wichita Falls, TX
Charles Dike, MD, New Haven, CT
The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent
of their participation in the activity.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE
To review common issues that LGBTQIA persons face within the criminal justice system, including LGBTQIA identified forensic experts themselves; to identify barriers LGBTQIA individuals face in accessing high quality mental health treatment in correctional and forensic settings; and to discuss suicide risk of transgender persons in the correctional setting.
To review common issues that LGBTQIA persons face within the criminal justice system, including LGBTQIA identified forensic experts themselves; to identify barriers LGBTQIA individuals face in accessing high quality mental health treatment in correctional and forensic settings; and to discuss suicide risk of transgender persons in the correctional setting.
Disclosure
The following meeting planners (Program and Education Committee Members) in control of content for this meeting have indicated that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests: Anacker, L.; Aoun, E.; Ash, P.; Billick, S.; Chaimowitz, G.; Champion, M.; Coleman, J.; Dike, C.; Ellis, R.; Falls, B.; Fedoroff, J.; Ferguson, E.; Ferranti, J.; Frierson, R.; Gold, L.; Guina, J.; Gulrajani, C.; Hanson, A.; Hatters Friedman, S.; Henry, S.; Holzer, J.; Johnson, N.; Kaempf, A.; Kapoor, R.; Kaye, N.; Klein, C.; Michaelsen, K.; Newman, W.; Noffsinger, S.; Ostermeyer, B.; Parker, G.; Prabhu, M.; Preven, D.; Price, M.; Reichlin, S.; Rosmarin, D.; Schiffman, E.; Scott, C.; Silberberg, J.; Stolar, A.; Subedi, B.; Tamburello, A.; Thompson, C.; Wills, C.
The following speakers have indicated that they have no financial relationship pertaining to the content of their presentation: Elie G. Aoun, MD, Barry Wall, MD, Ren Belcher, MD, Bethany L. Hughes, MD, and Charles Dike, MD.
