Directory of Forensic Psychiatry Fellowships, 2008

for fellowships beginning July 1, 2009

Last revised July 28, 2008

Published by the Association of Directors of Forensic Psychiatry Fellowships
A Council of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Fellowship Programs in the U.S. and Canada

Application guidelines

In May, 2005, the Association of Directors of Forensic Psychiatry Fellowships approved general guidelines (click here for copy in pdf format) regarding the forensic psychiatry fellowship application process.

++ Programs accredited by the ACGME (see Notice About Accreditation)

* Indicates person is certified by the American Board of Forensic Psychiatry
+ Indicates person is certified by the ABPN with Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York ++
Case Western Reserve University, Ohio ++
Center for Forensic Psychiatry, University of Michigan ++
Columbia/Cornell, New York ++
Columbia/NY State Psychiatric Inst. Research Fellowship, New York
Emory University, Georgia ++
Georgetown University, Washington, DC ++
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts ++
Louisiana State University - New Orleans, Louisiana ++
Louisiana State University - Shreveport, Louisiana ++
Medical College of Wisconsin ++
Medical University of South Carolina ++
The National Capital Consortium Military Forensic Psychiatry Program, DC ++
New York University Medical Center ++
Oregon Health and Science University ++
Saint Vincents Hospital/ N.Y. Medical College ++
SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, New York ++
Tulane University School of Medicine, Louisiana ++
University of Alabama ++
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ++
University of California, Davis ++
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) ++
University of California, San Francisco ++
University of Cincinnati ++
University of Colorado ++
University of Florida ++
University of Maryland School of Medicine ++
University of Massachusetts ++  
University of Miami ++
University of Missouri-Columbia ++
University of North Carolina ++
University of Rochester, New York ++
University of South Carolina ++
University of South Florida ++
USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law & Behavioral Medicine, Los Angeles ++
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio ++
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School ++
University of Virginia ++
University of Washington ++
West Virginia University ++
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pennsylvania ++
Yale University, Connecticut ++

CANADIAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS

Alberta Hospital, Edmonton
Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission, BC
McMaster University, Ontario
Royal Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa
Queen's University, Ontario
University of Toronto

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Notice About Accreditation

Forensic psychiatry training programs in the United States may be accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Accredited programs have demonstrated that they met the standards for forensic psychiatry training programs established by the ACGME.

The ACGME first certified training programs in forensic psychiatry in 1997. Persons who graduate from forensic psychiatry training programs certified by the ACGME may apply for the Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry examination of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) at any time.

Persons who are not graduates of an accredited forensic psychiatry training programs may no longer apply for the inital Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry examination of the ABPN. However, those who already possess Added Qualifications may take the recertification examinations.

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Program description: The Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship is a one year training program in Law and Psychiatry offered by the AECOM Division of Law and Psychiatry. The program combines a comprehensive didactic curriculum with an extensive and varied array of forensic experiences.

The didactic work includes a year-long lecture series which covers all aspects of forensic psychiatry. In addition, fellows will participate in seminars on legal philosophy, landmark cases, psychiatric and forensic ethics, and case reviews. A weekly civil forensic preceptorship is also provided by senior faculty.

The experiential component of the fellowship includes supervised site placements at Bronx Psychiatric Center, Bronx Criminal Court Clinic and Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Westchester Jewish Community Services, the Bronx TASC Mental Health Court Diversion and the New York City Department of Mental Health Correctional Health Services (Riker's Island) where the fellow gains experience in the following areas: 1) court-ordered forensic evaluations of adult and child cases; 2) examination and treatment of criminal offenders in prison and jail settings (including insanity acquitees and sex offenders); 3) dangerousness assessments; 4) civil assessments for involuntary hospitalization, treatment over objection, outpatient commitment and guardianship; 5) child custody; 6) mental health court-based diversion, and 7) correctional health administration. All of the above provide ample opportunity for consultation with attorneys and courts, as well as courtroom testimony.

Affiliation with the Pace University School of Law provides additional access to criminal, civil and family court consultations, as well as other teaching and research collaborations.

Fellows are active participants in the division's medical student and resident teaching program. Research activity expected, either through participation in ongoing division work or through the development of an independent project, with anticipated goal of a year-end presentation. The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is located in a quiet, residential section of Bronx, just minutes from both Manhattan and Westchester County. Fellows can, therefore, choose between an exciting big city or a more gentle suburban setting for living and recreating. All fellowship sites are easily accessible by public transportation, though a car is helpful.

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Case Western Reserve University

University Hospitals of Cleveland

Program description:

The fellowship is designed to train psychiatrists in law and psychiatry who will devote their careers to practice, teaching, and research in forensic psychiatry. Although the program presents a firm theoretical background, its major strength lies in teaching the pragmatic skills of performing evaluations, detecting malingering, writing forensic reports, and giving effective court testimony. Fellows also receive instruction in teaching methods. Videotapes of mock testimony of fellows are used in teaching courtroom skills.

Since the service requirement is less than three days per week, fellows have the opportunity to participate in research and a wide array of civil cases, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, guardianship, workers compensation, and psychiatric malpractice. Our library contains 100 educational forensic videotapes. Extensive supervision by Dr. Resnick is a major strength of the program.

The faculty includes six fellowship-trained forensic psychiatrists with Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry. Fellows take courses at CWRU Law School and participate in a seminar on Landmark Mental Health Law Cases. Clinical experience in a criminal court psychiatric clinic, juvenile court psychiatric clinic, mentally disordered offenders program, and inpatient forensic unit are tailored to the interests of each fellow.

Fringe benefits include fully paid trips to the annual meeting of AAPL, the AAPL Forensic Psychiatry Review Course, and Midwest AAPL; and a $300 book allowance.

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Center for Forensic Psychiatry, University of Michigan

Program description:

The Center for Forensic Psychiatry (CFP) was established by the State of Michigan in 1967. The Center, with the sponsorship of the University of Michigan Medical School Department of Psychiatry offers a one year forensic residency fully accredited by ACGME and ACFFP. The curriculum offers advanced training in a broad array of forensic civil and criminal issues. CFP on site faculty includes 11 certified forensic psychiatrists, 6 child forensic psychiatrists, 22 PhD level psychologists, and is augmented by certified forensic psychiatrists at correctional placements and in the community.

The program is based at CFP, a 220 bed inpatient forensic facility. CFP also maintains a separate evaluation service conducting 3000 forensic evaluations annually. Additional sites include the University of Michigan Medical School, the University of Michigan Law School, and correctional facilities staffed by the Bureau of Forensic Mental Health Services.

Residents are closely supervised in all aspects of training. Residents participate in forensic evaluations, inpatient management of special forensic populations, and delivery of correctional mental health services. In addition, residents participate in civil forensic cases in the community and audit courses at the Law School. The didactic curriculum offers seminars on landmark cases, civil and criminal forensic topics, and features frequent outside speakers. Opportunities for court testimony are encouraged and closely supervised with special emphasis on report preparation and the role of the forensic expert. Residents will participate in activities related to public policy and regulation of psychiatry. A scholarly project is expected from all residents.

Benefits include support for professional meetings, use of extensive library facilities at CFP and the University of Michigan Medical School, and life in a diverse and cosmopolitan community.

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Columbia/Cornell Residency in Psychiatry and the Law

Program description:

The Columbia-Cornell Residency in Psychiatry and the Law is a joint academic program which draws on the strengths of both universities. The program is based on an apprenticeship/tutorial model. Our residents get training in criminal forensic psychiatry by doing forensic evaluations and providing treatment (medications and psychotherapy) to patients in a state forensic psychiatry center and a maximum security women's prison. All activities are closely supervised by experienced forensic faculty. The residents get clinical experience in civil forensic psychiatry through individual supervision on current litigation. They take classes with law students at Columbia Law School. They work with psychiatrists on private forensic cases involving both children and adults. Residents are taught courtroom skills and have opportunities to testify. Residents are strongly encouraged to do forensic research. Clinical training is coupled with a strong didactic program. We draw on forensic psychiatrists, lawyers, psychoanalysts, and psychiatric researchers at Columbia and Cornell to provide a weekly seminar series on major topics in psychiatry and the law, with an emphasis on ethical issues and mental health policy.

Residents partcipate in activites sponsored by our Division of Psychiatry, Law and Ethics directed by Dr. Paul Appelbaum. They participate in the combined didactic program with trainees in the other three New York City programs. Stipend is dependent on level of past training.

Residents must have a New York medical license.

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Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute Research Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry

Program description: The Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute Research Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry was established by the New York State Office of Mental Health to encourage the development of forensic psychiatrists with research skills. The fellowship program will be individualized to the skills and interests of individual fellows. In general, fellows will be expected to undertake coursework in statistics, research design, grantsmanship, and mental health law. They will have access to the didactic program of the Division of Law, Ethics and Psychiatry, and the Public Sector Psychiatry Fellowship. A primary activity of the fellowship year will involved the design and conduct of a research project under the supervision of Dr. Appelbaum, and depending on the focus, other faculty at Columbia/NYSPI and personnel at the NYS Office of Mental Health. Appropriate applicants may have completed a forensic fellowship or be intending to pursue one after the fellowship; candidates further along in their careers will also be considered.

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Emory University

Program description:

The fellowship program includes a wide variety of clinical experiences. The program is based at a large, public hospital where fellows perform civil forensic work, especially malpractice work and disability evaluations, and consult on forensic issues in the general hospital and the psychiatric inpatient unit. At local institutions, fellows conduct inpatient and outpatient evaluations of criminal defendants, treatment of jail inmates, and treatment of outpatient sex offenders. For fellows who have completed child psychiatry training, participation in a wide range of child forensic activities is available.

There are ongoing didactic seminars at the various sites, and fellows audit courses at the Emory Law School. The program has a strong academic orientation, and fellows participate in research projects and in the teaching of other professionals. In addition to the training of fellows, the program's mission includes the development of public policy, research, and continuing forensic education of mental health professionals in the state. The program has important affiliations with several departments of state government, and experiences in the development of public policy in forensic psychiatry are available.

Fringe benefits include travel support to the annual AAPL meeting and forensic review course.

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Georgetown University

Program description:

The Georgetown University Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship is a one year full time PGY 5 training program. The fellowship trains psychiatrists who have previously completed their general psychiatry residency and who wish to prepare for the specialty of forensic psychiatry. The overall goal of the program is to train competent, socially responsible, ethical practitioners of general and forensic psychiatry.

The program presents comprehensive didactic curricula covering the principles and foundations of forensic psychiatry in both law and science of human behavior. The program also emphasizes teaching of expertise in the performance of forensic evaluations. Skills include both the treatment of populations of mentally ill involved in the criminal justice system, people with addictive disorders in the legal system, and children with behavioral problems that interact with the legal symstem. Additionally, those skills associated with the legal system relating to the performing of evaluations, detection of malingering, writing of forensic reports, the presentation of those reports and effectively testifying in court are covered in the curricula. All of the clinical rotations have been chosen to provide a full learning experience in more specific skills, as well as in the core competencies for forensic psychiatry.

Fringe benefits include a fully paid trip to the annual meeting of AAPL and the board review course.

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Harvard Medical School

Massachusetts General Hospital, Bridgewater State Hospital, Cambridge Court Clinic, Suffolk County House of Correction, Erich Lindemann Mental Health Center

Program description: The fellowship is sponsored by the Law & Psychiatry Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) under the auspices of the MGH/McLean Hospital Residency Program. The fellowship is designed to take advantage of a wide range of resources within the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry and the Boston Metropolitan Area.

Fellows will rotate at Bridgewater State Hospital, the Cambridge Court Clinic, and the Suffolk County House of Corrections. The fellow will have ample opportunity to perform outpatient forensic evaluations through the Law & Psychiatry Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and will have exposure to a wide range of civil and criminal matters, including issues related to forensic psychiatry in the workplace. Fellows will also consult to the inpatient and ambulatory psychiatry services at Massachusetts General Hospital. The fellowship provides an extensive didactic program with adult and child forensic mental health lectures at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Fellows take the Law and Psychiatry Course taught by Dr. Alan Stone at Harvard Law School. The fellowship pays $58,000 over the course of the year and begins in July. Malpractice insurance, health insurance, AAPL membership, and travel and lodging for the AAPL annual meeting are provided.

The faculty includes a number of clinicians with both clinical and law degrees. Program faculty have extensive expertise in child and adolescent as well as adult forensic work. Eligibility for medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as well as completion of an approved residency program in general psychiatry through the PGY IV year are required.

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Louisiana State University - New Orleans

Program description: The Forensic Psychiatry Residency Program of the LSUHSC Division of Law and Psychiatry offers a wide range of didactic and clinical forensic experiences over a 12-month period. A part-time residency over a 2-year period is sometimes available. Residents receive training in the following locations: LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Division of Law and Psychiatry Clinic; Medical Center of Louisiana at Charity Hospital in New Orleans; The State Office of Mental Health; Loyola Law School in New Orleans; The Juvenile Corrections Program at LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans; Child Custody Clinics; Southeast Louisiana State Hospital in Mandeville; Forensic Aftercare Clinic in New Orleans; and the St. Charles Parish Correctional Center.

Resident Experiences Performing criminal and civil evaluations such as assessment of competency to stand trial, not guilty by reason of insanity, violence risk, child custody, posttraumatic stress disorder, sexual harassment, intentional/negligent infliction of emotional distress, fitness for duty, disability, interdiction, and other core forensic issues in adults and juveniles.

Also, writing comprehensive forensic reports; collaboration and consultation with Loyola Law School faculty and students at the Loyola Law School Clinic, attending some law school classes and learning to use the law library; giving testimony in Court, depositions, and/or mock trial experiences; correctional evaluations and treatment; Landmark Case conference taught by an attorney; didactics in Forensic theory and practice; forensic consultation to the LSU General Psychiatry Consultation team at Medical Center of Louisiana and consultation to state and local mental health facilities; training in child custody evaluations; training in legal rights education techniques to restore Competency to Stand Trial; training in Juvenile Forensic Psychiatry in juvenile detention centers and via telemedicine through the Juvenile Corrections Program; and education in experimental design and statistical principles as applied to social sciences research. Residents are required to write a paper and present a Forensic topic at the LSUHSC Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds; experience and education in the practice of administrative and clinical Forensic Psychiatry at both state and local levels; and teach medical students and General Psychiatry residents.

The Division has an enthusiastic and diverse group of supervisors and faculty. Clinical and full-time faculty includes Forensic, Child, Adult, and Geriatric psychiatrists, neurologists, psychologists, Forensic psychologists, Judges, attorneys, and government officials. The Division provides funds for the residents' participation in the Forensic Board Review Course and the annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

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Louisiana State University - Shreveport

Program description:

The program offers a wide range of didactic and clinical forensic experience for up to two forensic residents over a 12-month period. Forensic residents will experience the following at the assigned locations: Assessment of competency to stand trial, not guilty by reason of insanity, pre- sentencing and post-sentencing, and other essential forensic psychiatric evaluations and courtroom testimony through the First Judicial District Court in Shreveport and surrounding district courts; training in Juvenile Forensic Psychiatry both on the campus of the Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe and via telepsychiatry from LSUHSC-S; assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder, intentional/negligent infliction of emotional distress, fitness for duty, disability, interdiction and other areas of private litigation at the LSUHSC Hospital and Clinics in Shreveport; correctional experience through the Caddo Correctional Center in Shreveport; training in developmental disability and state and federal standard of care requirements at the Pinecrest Supports and Services Center in Pineville.

Additional topics and activities covered include: testimony in depositions and/or mock trials; child custody evaluations; sex offender evaluations; sexual harassment; training in the practice of administrative and clinical forensic psychiatry at both state and local levels; education in experimental design and statistical principles as applied to social science research; participation in a paper and presentation of a Forensic topic at the LSUHSC Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds; didactics in practical and theoretical Forensic topics; and landmark case conference taught by attorney faculty.

The Forensic Program has four board-certified forensic psychiatrists, two of whom also have board certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Gratis faculty includes a forensic toxicologist, judges, and attorneys. The Department of Psychiatry funds the residents' participation in the Forensic Board Review Course and the annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

Interested applicants should contact Dr. Colon at their earliest convenience. Louisiana licensure will be required.

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Medical College of Wisconsin

Program description: The Medical College of Wisconsin offers a one year full-time fellowship in forensic psychiatry co-sponsored by the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division and the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison, Wisconsin, an easy 70 mile ride from the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Each fellow works predominantly in the Milwaukee site for six months, based in a court clinic and a VA hospital, and for six months at the Mendota Mental Health Institute, a largely forensic state facility, in Madison. The six month part of the program centered in Milwaukee includes experience in outpatient competency to stand trial evaluations, evaluations of individuals who have pled not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, and psychiatric and psychological evaluations ordered by a judge.

The six months of training centered at the Mendota site in Madison are spent predominantly on an inpatient basis performing evaluations of competency to stand trial, treating individuals to help them regain competency to stand trial, treating insanity acquitees, gaining experience in administrative forensic psychiatry, as well as participating in the evaluations of individuals being considered for treatment under Wisconsin's Sexually Violent Persons Act. All year, fellows participate in correctional psychiatry experience at a state prison. Experiences in child and adolescent forensic psychiatry are available. Throughout the year, fellows participate in civil forensic cases with the faculty in Milwaukee and Madison. Research opportunities at each of the clinical sites are available. The didactic curriculum, which the two fellows study together weekly, covers the full gamut of relevant legal and psychiatric issues. The faculty includes five forensic psychiatrists with ABPN subspecialty certification in Forensic Psychiatry, two forensic psychologists, one of them board certified, and other clinician educators. A clinician-attorney is available at each of the two training sites.

Fellows are given leave time and funding to attend the annual AAPL meeting as well as the Forensic Psychiatry Review Course. Additional continuing medical education time is available, along with three weeks of vacation.

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Medical University of South Carolina

Program description: The Forensic Psychiatry Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina is a 12 month accredited program that provides a diverse training experience in areas where psychiatry is applied to legal issues. Our program is committed to educating clinicians in the theoretical and practical aspects of forensic psychiatry. While doing so, the Division of Forensic Psychiatry at MUSC provides an invaluable service to the state of South Carolina and the Lowcountry in particular. Our main location is the Medical University of South Carolina, Institute of Psychiatry. At MUSC we provide Consultation Liaison service to the Institute of Psychiatry and the General Medical Hospital for issues such as violence and suicide risk assessment and capacity to consent to or refuse medical treatment. We provide evaluation services to Charleston and Berkeley County Probate Courts for civil commitment hearings. Disability evaluations and conservator and guardianship cases are utilized to round out the civil law core experience. Additionally, Fellows may shadow Attending Physicians in civil cases including Medical Malpractice/Standard of Care evaluations.

A large portion of the criminal law core experience is provided through a contract with the South Carolina Department of Mental Health to provide competency to stand trial and criminal responsibility evaluations for 8 counties in the coastal region. Additionally, Fellows routinely perform private evaluations for the Charleston County Public Defenders' office in coordination with the Office of Indigent Defense. Fellows also perform court-ordered evaluations for the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice. Fellows have the opportunity to participate in private evaluations performed by Attending Physicians including Criminal Responsibility/Competency to Stand Trial (both adult and juvenile), Sexually Violent Predator commitments and Independent Medical Examinations. Finally, to round out the criminal core experience, fellows participate in treatment of offenders who are assigned to the Charleston County Mental Health court program.

A fellow's training can be tailored to fit his or her personal interests. Didactics include a weekly landmark case series and courses in the basics of law and psychiatry. Videotapes and mock trials are utilized to prepare Fellows to present testimony in court. Fellows are allowed to audit available classes at the Charleston School of Law. As part of the academic component of the program, fellows complete an academic project (paper, local, regional or national presentation, etc.) and participate in the Medical University's forensic psychiatry interest group once a month. They are also responsible for some teaching of general residents. Fringe benefits include fully funded trips to the Annual Meeting of AAPL and the Forensic Psychiatry Review Course. There is also a $500 book allowance. Best of all, Fellows also get the benefit of enjoying the relaxing coastal environment of Charleston, South Carolina!

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The National Capital Consortium Military Forensic Psychiatry Program

at Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Program description: This fellowship is designed specifically to train military psychiatrists to proficiently manage military forensic issues. The program is tri-service and invites applicants from the US Army, Navy and Air Force. The program, although military-unique, also prepares the fellow(s) for subspecialty certification in Forensic Psychiatry.

The fellowship draws on the considerable civilian, military and federal resources available in the metropolitan Washington, DC area. The fellows gain experience through rotation at (1) Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, MD; (2) Saint Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, DC; (3) The Behavioral Sciences Unit of the FBI in Quantico, VA; (4) The Maryland Correctional Institution for Women; (5) Georgetown Law School; (6) The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD; (7) The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, DC; and (8) through interactions with local military and civilian clinicians and attorneys.

Significant time in the curriculum is devoted to didactics, both general forensic psychiatry and military legal issues. Psychiatrists and military attorneys/judges teach the seminars. Research is required and the results are presented at departmental Grand Rounds.

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New York University Medical Center

Program description: The New York University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, offers a one year, full-time fellowship training program in Psychiatry and the Law.

This program has major clinical rotations at the Forensic Psychiatric Clinic for the New York Criminal and Supreme Courts, the Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital's Prison Ward, the Bellevue Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program and the New York State Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center. This provides the fellow with hands-on experience in criminal and civil forensic psychiatry.

The didactic core curriculum includes the following foundation courses and seminars:
1. A comprehensive introduction to Forensic Psychiatry, presented in conjunction with the Tri-State Chapter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
2. A two semester seminar on Landmark Cases in Mental Health Law
3. A seminar on law and the legal process
4. A seminar on ethical and philosophical issues in the practice of forensic psychiatry
5. A seminar on Adolescent Psychiatry: Forensic Considerations and Clinical Practice
6. A seminar on philosophy of law and moral philosophy
7. A two semester seminar on research techniques in forensic psychiatry
8. A seminar on forensic issues in administrative psychiatry

During the Fellowship, each Fellow is expected to complete a research project, the results of which are suitable for submission to a refereed professional journal. The fellow will receive direct research supervision from senior forensic psychiatrists. This project must demonstrate the Fellow's understanding of a major issue in the field and his/her ability to make a contribution to the collection of scientific data that will shed light upon that issue.

Those psychiatrists interested in the Fellowship should submit a cover letter and their Curriculum Vitae to Richard Rosner, MD, at the above address. Qualified candidates will be asked to meet with the Co-Directors for an interview.

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Oregon Health and Science University

Program description: The fellowship is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry Residency Training Program at Oregon Health & Science (OHSU) University School of Medicine. The program features clinical rotations at Oregon State Hospital, Oregon State Department of Corrections, the OHSU Intercultural Outpatient Program, Private Practioners Offices, Willamette University College of Law Legal Clinic, and the Sexual Abuse Outpatient Clinic. Fellows will have opportunities for research at the Oregon Department of Corrections, and the Oregon State Hospital Forensic Inpatient/Outpatient setting.

The primary faculty includes 10 board certified psychiatrists who also hold ABPN certification in Forensic Psychiatry, three lawyers who have extensive experience with mental health law, and two psychologists who have been trained in Forensic Psychology. The fellows didactic seminar series will include training in both criminal and civil forensic psychiatry as well as seminars devoted to introductory law, landmark cases in mental health law, and special issues in forensic psychiatry. The teaching faculty includes 17 psychiatrists, 13 lawyers and 4 psychologists. For didactic purposes, collaboration with graduate psychology programs at George Fox University in McMinnville, Oregon and Pacific University School of Professional Psychology in Forest Grove, Oregon is offered.

Fellows will be participants in the Department's resident teaching program. Research opportunities are available and encouraged either through participation in ongoing Department work or development of an independent project with faculty supervision.

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Saint Vincents Hospital/ New York Medical College

Program description: The St. Vincent's Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program, located in the vibrant and diverse Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, was founded in July 1997 and offers the expertise of a broad-based faculty. As many faculty members of this fellowship program are child psychiatrists involved in substantial forensic activities, this residency uniquely provides in-depth exposure to child and adolescent forensic issues of abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency, foster care, and custody evaluations.

The forensic fellows are fully integrated into the Department of Psychiatry and provide teaching to trainees at all levels and consultations to a wide variety of clinical services. One of the forensic fellow's primary responsibilites is to evaluate forensic cases for assessment and adjudication in court, including providing expert testimony. Because the fellows will be expected to testify in various court settings, a New York State license is required. All activities are fully supervised by experienced forensic psychiatrists and attorneys.

The residents receive substantial exposure to criminal aspects of forensic psychiatry, both treatment-oriented and consultative, at the Supreme Court Clinic of the State of New York and at the New York City Department of Corrections on Riker's Island. Both locations are accessible to the hospital and are supervised by forensic faculty.

A particular strength of the program is the close mentoring and guidance by the forensic faculty on their private cases. This aspect of the fellowship allows for the opportunity to observe varied approaches of psychiatrists in the private practice of forensic psychiatry. In addition, throughout the academic year, residents will join trainees from other New York City forensic programs at weekly didactic symposia conducted by faculty from other forensic programs on the New York City area.

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SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York

New York State Office of Mental Health Bureau of Forensic Services

Program description: The program brings together the SUNY Upstate Medical University Department of Psychiatry, the Syracuse University College of Law, and the Office of Mental Health Bureau of Forensic Services to provide didactic and clinical training in psychiatry and the law. Topics to be covered during the fellowship year include civil forensic psychiatry, criminal forensic psychiatry, legal regulation of psychiatry, correctional psychiatry, basic issues in law, landmark cases and special issues in forensic psychiatry. This is a one year program.

The clinical responsibilities will include correctional consultations, competency evaluations, evaluations for insanity defense, pre-sentence evaluations, pre-release evaluations, involuntary commitments, parental competency evaluations, and evaluations of children in cases of child abuse and child custody cases. The fellows will have an extensive exposure to the Law College including training and the use of the law library, course topics in law and psychiatry, and involvement in mock trials with the Law School. Dedicated support for research is available.

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Tulane University School of Medicine

Program description: The Didactic Curriculum at Tulane's fellowship is administered by over 10 board-certified forensic psychiatrists in addition to neurologists and psychologists affiliated with Tulane. An Expert Witness/Legal Seminar focuses on forensic report-writing and testifying skills and includes a series of lectures administered by practicing attorneys. The Landmark Case Seminar provides fellows with in-depth exposure to landmark cases.

Fellows spend 2 days a week at ELMHS, Forensic Division, a secure, forensic inpatient facility where they become adept in competency to stand trial evaluations and competency restoration, violence risk assessments, and management of potentially violent patients. Fellows provide consultation to other psychiatrists on forensic issues such as forced medication evaluations. Fellows participate in sex offender assessments and will have the opportunity to become familiar with the use of telemedicine. Fellows treat forensic outpatients on supervised probation at the New Orleans Forensic Aftercare Clinic and also provide psychiatric treatment at a maximum- security prison.

Fellows gain further criminal forensic experience (e.g., criminal responsibility and aid-in-sentencing evaluations) at the Orleans Criminal Court, where they gain much experience in courtroom testimony. Fellows also perform a full range of civil forensic evaluations (e.g., malpractice, disability, and child custody evaluations) and receive training in report-writing, testifying for court and depositions, and interacting with the legal system.

Fellows participate in the monthly forensic journal club/research seminar and produce a scholarly work during the year with help from supervisors. Fellows receive a $1,500 stipend for the AAPL Review Course and Annual Meeting and are reimbursed for mileage during the year in addition to the regular salary and benefits.

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University of Alabama

Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility

Program description: We believe in hands-on teaching, and expect our Fellows to do as much work as their supervisors. Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility is a 114 bed forensic hospital that provides pre-trial and NGRI services for the entire state of Alabama. We have been operating mock trials for over 10 years at the University of Alabama School of Law, and Fellows will have the opportunity to try every role, including presentation of a case against an experienced trial lawyer. Didactic seminars complement on the job training, and focus on topics outlined by ACGME. The Landmark Case Seminar provides fellows with exposure to landmark cases and other aspects of the legal system. Fellows teach psychiatry residents. Fellows will learn competency to stand trial evaluations, criminal responsibility evaluations, and dangerousness risk assessments. Fellows will participate in court evaluations in our state-wide examination program, testifying in court and depositions, and interacting with the legal system. Focus is on clarity of report writing. Our faculty includes 5 psychiatrists certified by the ABPN in Forensic Psychiatry, forensic psychologists, attorneys on the Law School faculty, and several Judges. Fellows are exposed to a full range of private civil cases. Fellows are required to produce at least one publishable scholarly paper during the year. Fellows will have opportunities to participate in ongoing research, and to attend regional/national forensic seminars.

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship

Program description:

The forensic fellowship program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was established and accredited in 2003. The program is housed in the heart of Little Rock, Arkansas within blocks of the state’s forensic hospital. The forensic inpatient service at the Arkansas State Hospital is an 80-bed, four-unit complex. It houses the entire inpatient forensic population of the state and serves as the primary base for the program. Fellows will also rotate at the Arkansas Department of Correction and the UAMS Department of Psychiatry Adult Outpatient Clinic.

The program faculty includes four Board certified forensic psychiatrists, one Board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist and one psychiatrist Board eligible in forensic psychiatry and child & adolescent psychiatry; as well as additional adult psychiatrists who are available to provide instruction and supervision when appropriate. An attorney with expertise in mental health law and several forensic psychologists and licensed social workers are also members of the teaching staff.

Fellows conduct forensic evaluations of both inpatients and outpatients concerning a wide variety of civil and criminal legal issues, including competency, criminal responsibility, suitability for conditional release, civil commitments, risk assessment, psychiatric disability, compensability under the state worker’s compensation laws, guardianship, and parental fitness. Fellows also work on the adolescent unit under the supervision of a child and adolescent psychiatrist where they perform above mentioned evaluations and gain experience with a state of the art sexual offenders unit. Fellows will also spend up to four hours per week responding to consults requested by general practitioners related to the legal regulation of psychiatric practice.

Didactics and seminars are provided to ensure that fellows are familiar with all aspects of forensic psychiatry and are prepared for the practice of forensic psychiatry. Fellows will also be required to complete a scholarly project under the supervision of a forensic faculty member. Fellows are required to acquire an Arkansas Medical License prior to beginning the fellowship.

Fringe benefits include travel support to the annual AAPL meeting and forensic review course.

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University of California at Davis (UCD)

Program description: The U.C. Davis forensic psychiatry fellowship provides extensive training in both civil and criminal forensic psychiatry. The teaching staff consists of ten psychiatrists with Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry, three forensic psychologists, and local attorneys.

The didactic courses include a Landmark Case Seminar, Civil Case Seminar, Criminal Case Seminar, Forensic Topics Didactic Seminar, and a Forensic Research Seminar. Extensive supervision is provided in forensic report writing and testifying in legal settings. In addition, in depth training is provided on forensic assessment tools to include malingering (M-FAST, SIMS, SIRS, TOMM), psychopathy (PCL-R), violence risk (VRAG, HCR-20), and sexual deviancy (Abel Assessment Screen, SORAG).

The forensic residents receive their clinical training in a wide variety of forensic settings. These rotations include training with forensic units at Napa State Hospital, Sacramento County Jail, Sacramento County Superior Court Expert Witness Panel, Federal Public Defender Panel, and consulations with private attorneys.

The forensic residents are assisted with developing a forensic research project or paper and are encouraged to participate in ongoing faculty research projects. A specialized course on how to be a communicative and dynamic presenter is given.

Fringe benefits include provision of educational materials and a stipend for funding to the annual AAPL meeting and board review course. An extensive forensic library with accompanying videotapes is available. The forensic psychiatry resident is given a substantial reference library consisting of over 300 forensic landmark articles.

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University of California, Los Angeles

Program description: The fellowship is a one-year program. The primary rotations are based at Olive View UCLA Medical Center, Sepulveda VAMC, West Los Angeles VAMC, Metropolitan State Hospital, Twin Towers Correctional Facility, Juvenile Court, Family Superior Court and Department 95 Mental Health Court. There is also mentoring by forensic psyvhiatrists in private practice.

Didactic lectures and supervision are provided during all rotations. Didactic sessions will cover civil, criminal, ethical and issues related to the legal regulation of psychiatry. Opportunities are also made available for attending courses at Loyola Law School and teaching medical students and residents at the adult psychiatry UCLA - San Fernando Psychiatry Residency Training Program.

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University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Program description: The UCSF fellowship program in Psychiatry and the Law offers rigorous training in civil, criminal, clinical, and consultative forensic psychiatry. The core faculty includes two board certified forensic psychiatrists and a forensic child and adolescent psychiatrist. Affiliated faculty members include a Board Certified (ABPP) neuropsychologist, another board certified forensic psychiatrist with expertise in the evaluation of sex offenders, psychiatrists with special expertise in correctional psychiatry and occupational psychiatry, and faculty of the UC Hastings School of Law. The Psychiatry and the Law Program is accredited by the ACGME.

Seminars include a Landmark Case Review and extensive didactics, case conferences, and a Forensic Research Seminar. Additionally, fellows attend courses relevant to forensic psychiatry at the UC Hastings School of Law.

Fellows participate in a wide variety of civil and criminal forensic evaluations with intensive faculty supervision. These include worker's compensation, psychic injury, medical malpractice, psychological autopsy, family court issues, and juvenile and adult criminal court referrals. Fellows participate in clinical rotations at San Quentin Prison, an occupational psychiatry clinic, and an outpatient sexual offender treatment practice. Consultative experiences to health professionals, employers, and professional organizations exist as well. There are elective opportunities, depending on the interests of the fellows.

During the fellowship year, fellows are expected to make a scholarly contribution by participating in a forensic research project or by undertaking a review of the legal and/or psychiatric literature. Fellows will receive direct research supervision from faculty members. Research interests of faculty include violence risk assessment, civil commitment, and criminalization of the mentally ill.

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University of Cincinnati Institute for Psychiatry and Law

Program description: The University of Cincinnati Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry provides a comprehensive and balanced curriculum, drawing upon the assets of one of the strongest Departments of Psychiatry in the Midwest, as well as the firmly established forensic institutions of Cincinnati. Dr. Kennedy received the AAPL Award for Outstanding Teaching in a Fellowship in 2002. Fellows gain experience with different forensic populations and preceptors at a number of sites:

1. Summit Behavioral Healthcare - the largest freestanding ODMH psychiatric hospital in Ohio where the fellows evaluate patients found not guilty by reason of insanity or incompetent to stand trial, as well as perfoming structured risk assessments with faculty. The fellows write reports to the court and testifies on these cases. 2. Greater Cincinnati Behavioral - fellows evaluate and treat outpatients who are under criminal court jurisdiction such as Parole, Probation or diversion. Fellows work in consort with forensic community treatment teams. This rotation fulfills ACGME requirements for the correctional psychiatric experience. 3. Hamilton County Probate Court - fellows serve as independent expert witnesses in probate court weekly, testifying in civil commitment, guardianship, and forced medication hearing. 4. University Institute for Psychiatry and Law - this ia a clearinghouse for civil and criminal forensic work. The fellow assists UC faculty on consultations and litigation of interest. Fellows also perform their own private cases through IPL. 5. Mock Trial and Case Presentation Videoconferences - held in conjuction with the Case Western Forensic fellowship, UC fellows engage in mock trials, both as witnesses and as cross examiners, and also present forensic cases for dicussion and review.

Legal principles and landmark cases are taught in tutorial sessions with faculty attorneys. The fellows also may audit law and psychiatry classes taught in the UC College of Law. Weekly didactics with faculty, supervision sessions, grand rounds, conferences, and journal club are an integral part of the fellows` educational experience. A scholarly project is required.

The fellowship provides full funding for the fellows to attend the annual AAPL meeting and review course, as well as the annual ODMH Forensic Services Conference. In addition, the fellows are provided with a cell phone, and a $1,000 discretionary spending fund.

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University of Colorado Health Sciences Center++

Program in Forensic Psychiatry

Program description: The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver offers a one-year, full-time fellowship training program in psychiatry and the law. This is a joint program between the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and the Denver Health Medical Center, the provider of the correctional mental health program for the Denver County Jail with over 2500 inmates. In addition the program works closely with the Colorado Department of Corrections and the Forensic Institute at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo. Fellowship faculty include academic and clinical faculty in the Department of Psychiatry, in the Behavioral Health Program at Denver Health Medical Center, forensic experts in the state Division of Mental Health, Department of Corrections, private forensic practitioners, and faculty from the Denver University School of Law.

The program is designed to familiarize fellows with all the aspects of forensic psychiatry, and to prepare them for forensic practice, teaching, research and system consultation, and/or academic careers. Topics covered through didactic seminars and supervised practical experience include procedures for forensic evaluations, relevant research and phenomenological literature, landmark mental health cases, treatment of patients in correctional and forensic settings, system consultation around forensic issues, collaboration with other professionals (law enforcement, correctional, etc.), the evaluation of foreign victims of torture, fitness for duty examinations with the Denver Police Department, and ethical issues involved in forensic practice.

Fellows are provided the opportunity to observe experienced forensic professionals performing evaluations, preparing reports, and testifying in civil and criminal cases. They then have direct, supervised experience in performing forensic evaluations in those areas, preparing reports, and testifying in court. Fellows are encouraged to conduct research in forensic areas. The program strives to organize the fellowship experience around each Fellow's areas of interest.

Fringe benefits include a fully paid trip to the annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (including enrollment in the Forensic Psychiatry Review Course) and a trip with Dr. Jeffrey Metzner, the associate director of the program, to a prison or jail involved in mental health litigation.

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University of Florida Division of Forensic Psychiatry

Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship

Program description: The University of Florida Division of Forensic Psychiatry, established in 1988, offers a one-year, full-time fellowship training program designed to train psychiatrists in psychiatry and the law. This balanced academic and clinical program provides clinical, research, and teaching opportunities. The faculty includes four forensic fellowship-trained, board-certified psychiatrists, a professor of law, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, a forensic psychologist, and various clinical faculty who attend and co-supervise didactic seminars covering their areas of expertise.

Fellows perform forensic evaluations including but not limited to competency, criminal responsibility, dangerousness, civil commitment, guardianship, disability, personal injury, and child issues. Forensic faculty closely supervise fellows on their evaluations.

Weekly seminars include ACGME-recommended and other pertinent forensic psychiatry topics, case presentations, and landmark case review. Multiple forensic faculty are present. Fellows also study landmark cases with a UF Professor of Law and attend a Psychiatry and the Law or related course at the UF Law School. There are opportunities for teaching forensic psychiatry to medical and law students and psychiatry residents. Support staff and faculty are available to promote and help carry out research interests. Fellows are expected to produce a scholarly product suitable for submission for publication by the end of their fellowship year.

Gainesville offers a great climate with numerous cultural and sporting events and nearby Atlantic Ocean beaches. All fellows are provided travel support to attend the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. We strive to ensure our program offers a comprehensive, enjoyable, and rewarding experience.

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University of Maryland School of Medicine

Program description: The University of Maryland program is one of the oldest and most well-established forensic training programs in the country. It is fully accredited by both the ACGME and the ACFFP. Our graduates include many successful and highly regarded forensic clinicians. The program is rigorous and well-received by trainees.

Fellows divide their time between the forensic hospital, Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, a court clinic, the Medical Office of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, and two correctional sites, the Maryland Reception and Diagnostic Center and the Carroll County Detention Center. The fellows perform evaluations under supervision, participate in some treatment settings, and provide forensic reports and testimony.

Fellows also engage in civil forensic cases through the Manfred Guttmacher Clinic and by assisting the private forensic faculty in their cases.

There are several formal didactic series throughout the year including the Forensic Seminar, Forensic Case Rounds, Writing Seminar and others. Fellows attend classes at the University of Maryland School of Law. There is also training in research design, and the fellows are responsible for a research project during the year long program. Psychiatric residents and other students rotate through the various training sites and fellows are responsible for supervision and teaching.

The faculty is outstanding. Jonas Rappeport, MD, professor emeritus, is a highly regarded mentor. Supervision is always available at all sites, and often there are lively debates amongst faculty and trainees.

Applicants are encouraged to apply in the spring to early summer. Interviews are generally conducted from July through early October.

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University of Massachusetts Medical School

Program description: The University of Massachusetts Medical School Fellowship in Law and Psychiatry offers an exciting one year program designed to provide comprehensive training in forensic psychiatry. The program capitalizes on a multi- disciplinary faculty with extensive forensic and academic experience. Our faculty include forensic psychiatrists and psychologists who have received national recognition for their contributions to law and psychiatry. The program offers a wide range of opportunities to perform criminal and civil evaluations. Rotation sites include the Court Evaluation Unit of Worcester State Hospital and Bridgewater State Hospital, a maximum-security forensic hospital. At each site, fellows conduct inpatient criminal forensic evaluations such as competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility, aid in sentencing, and need for treatment of inmates. Participation in clinical treatment of persons involved with the criminal justice system varies across sites. Part-time rotations include placement at juvenile and adult court clinic sites, as well as the opportunity to work with senior faculty in conducting private, civil and criminal evaluations related to areas such as community risk assessments, guardianship, fitness for duty, disability, sex offender assessment, and malpractice. The program offers other elective opportunities (e.g. committee participation with the University of Massachusetts Ethics Office, child custody evaluations, and treatment of sex offenders and paraphilias) to meet the interests of the fellow. During the training year, fellows gain experience with legal, correctional, and mental health systems and the political forces that can directly impact forensic psychiatric practice.

Educational components of the program include intensive supervision of all cases, report preparation and court testimony. In addition, fellows attend a comprehensive weekly seminar series covering areas related to civil and criminal forensic assessment methods, research issues, mental health law and landmark legal cases. Fellows also attend multiple statewide forensic mental health training conferences sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and they receive an educational stipend to support attendance at the AAPL meeting and for other educational purposes.

During the training year, fellows work on an empirical research project or on a review of a topic relevant to law and psychiatry. Opportunities exist for both involvement in faculty research projects and for faculty supervision of academic projects selected by the fellow.

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University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital

Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship

Program description: The Fellowship Program in Forensic Psychiatry has been accredited for two years by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education- Program # 4061112052, beginning July 1, 2005. It is a 12-month program as defined by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry. The program is divided into four basic three-month rotations with a part-time rotation which will run through all the four rotations. The candidates must be fully trained, have graduated from a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in General Psychiatry, and be eligible to sit for the board certification exam in General Psychiatry given by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. The Fellows will go through a screening and selection process. The selection committee will include Board-Certified Psychiatrists of Jackson Memorial Hospital and Legal Faculty of the University of Miami School of Law.

Goals and objectives of the Fellowship Program in Forensic Psychiatry are to prepare the fully trained psychiatrist to present psychiatric science to the legal system. This will be evidenced by examinations and proficiency in daily work as determined by a forensic psychiatric faculty.

Applicants to the Fellowship Program in Forensic Psychiatry should send an email to Cherie O'Neil, Program Coordinator, with curriculum vitae attached. Please send to: coneil@miami.edu. Additional information will be requested later.

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University of Missouri-Columbia

Fulton State Hospital and Missouri Department of Mental Health

Program description: The purpose of the Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry is to educate the fellow in the history, development, practical experience, and research in forensic psychiatry within the public sector. It has evolved from the combined interests and for the joint benefit of the Fulton State Hospital, Missouri Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Psychiatry Neurology, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine. By completing this intesive one year experience, the fellow will have acquired first-hand knowledge of the major issues and experiences in forensic psychiatry. The fellow will also be expected to complete an individual project relevant to his or her career in forensic psychiatry.

Must have license to practice medicine in the state of Missouri.

The program will offer accredited training beginning in July 2008.

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University of North Carolina Hospitals

Program description: The University of North Carolina Hospitals Forensic Psychiatry Residency Training Program is a 12-month educational program with the aim of preparing psychiatrists for a career in forensic psychiatry through a combination of supervised clinical experiences and didactic programs. The program has an emphasis on producing forensic psychiatrists for the public sector. The program provides educational opportunities in a wide range of criminal and civil settings. Residents will receive opportunities to engage in supervised evaluations of individuals involved with the criminal justice system in both pre-trial and post-conviction settings. In addition, residents will obtain training in courtroom testimony, family law, child forensic issues, and civil litigation. Residents will rotate on the forensic unit for the State of North Carolina, the mental health services in a nearby prison, the forensic unit of the Federal Medical Center in Butner, and the child forensic team at the University of North Carolina. They will receive opportunities to provide consultation and liaison to hospitals and work with a preceptor on civil cases. Residents will be expected to engage in scholarship and teaching. The forensic board- certified faculty members and invited speakers provide the didactic portion of the training.

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University of Rochester School of Medicine

Program description: The fellowship is organized to provide a balance of forensic psychiatric clinical experience, seminars and supervision. The three settings for clinical experiences are: the Regional Forensic Unit, a 55 bed unit, where mentally ill, unsentenced prisoners and individuals found NGRI are confined; the Sociological Center which provides consultations to the Courts, the Department of Probation, and the University of Rochester Medical Center.

The training experience includes supervised clinical forensic psychiatric evaluations and treatment; having a preceptor (Dr. Ciccone*+), supervisors (Dr. Barry*+ and R.P. Singh, MD+), and seminars, including a legal seminar (Hon. John Connell, Joyce Parker, JD, Professor Michael Perlin, Charles Steinman, JD, and Richard Tubiolo, JD), a Landmark Cases seminar, and a Clinical Case seminar. The fellow will evaluate individuals involved in civil and criminal litigation and have the opportunity to testify in court. The fellow will have the opportunity to evaluate and treat individuals in a sex offender treatment program and participate in a clinic that follows post-insanity aquittees who have been released to live in the community. The fellow will also have the opportunity to teach medical students and will be involved in teaching psychiatry and the law to PGY 3 and PGY 4 residents in psychiatry. During the fellowship, the fellow is expected to complete a scholarly project. There are numerous elective opportunities. Some of these electives include participation in faculty members' ongoing research projects and faculty members' private forensic criminal and civil cases, work with the District Attorney's Office, the Public Defender's Office, and Family Court.

Each fellow is appointed to the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Rochester School of Medicine. The program has flexibility and may be tailored to the specific needs and interests of the fellow.

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University of South Carolina

Program description: One of the first accredited fellowships in the country, this fellowship is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The faculty consists of eight board certified forensic psychiatrists and uses resources of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine as well as the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, the South Carolina Department of Corrections, the U.S. Department of Justice's National Advocacy Center, and the National College of District Attorneys. The program is based in the Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science at the School of Medicine.

The flexible clinical experience allows fellows to spend 50 percent of their time conducting pretrial criminal evaluations on a specialized forensic service and providing court testimony. An additional 30 percent is spent in civil work in a forensic clinic at the School of Medicine. The remaining clinical experience is divided between treatment of juvenile and adult offenders, and providing forensic consultation to general and child psychiatrists. Fellows receive extensive supervised courtroom experience, providing testimony about their evaluations. Fellows provide direct supervision of general psychiatry residents and medical students. Research is strongly supported and encouraged. Fellows receive a travel stipend to attend the annual meeting of AAPL, as well as the AAPL Forensic Review Course.

The didactic curriculum includes five seminars: Landmark Cases, The Psychiatrist in Court, General Topics in Forensic Psychiatry, Overview of Legal Systems, and Special Topics in Forensic Psychiatry. Fellows are experts in mock trials at the National Advocacy Center for the U.S. Department of Justice and the National College of District Attorneys. The educational experience is also complemented with an active Forensic Psychiatry Journal Club and monthly Forensic Psychiatry Grand Rounds.

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University of South Florida

Program description: The fellowship training program includes the following: weekly formal didactics, case presentations with faculty, outpatient forensic evaluations, supervised clinical rotations at a local jail and nearby prison housing inmates with major mental illness, auditing of law school courses, forensic consultation at the university-affiliated teaching hospital, and a research project congruent with the fellow's interest. Fellows will have ample exposure to civil and criminal cases. At the completion of the program, fellows will have had experience in the use of various forensic assessment tools (e.g, psychological and neuropsychiatric assessment). Faculty consists of four board-certified forensic psychiatrists (one is also a boarded child and adolescent psychiatrist), a lawyer, a forensic psychologist, and a child psychologist. Fellows participate in the teaching of psychiatric residents, medical students, law students, and other trainees associated with the forensic program, and also have opportunities to testify. Fringe benefits include travel support to the annual AAPL review course. Tampa is a vibrant city with great weather, a world class performing arts center, museums, major league sports teams, and Gulf of Mexico beaches a short drive away.

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USC - Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Science

Program description: The USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Science has been in existence since 1963, and is one of the first accredited programs in the United States. It offers a full-time, one-year fellowship and an option for a second year. All fellows serve, under supervision, as consultants and expert witnesses for the State and Federal Criminal Court, Family Law Court, Mental Health Court, Juvenile Court, County and Federal Probation Departments, Los Angeles County Coroner's Department, as well as insurance companies. Each fellow is assigned two cases per week involving psychiatric-legal issues for the courts and various administrative hearings. In addition, each fellow testifies weekly in the country's largest Mental Health Court. The fellows have at least five USC faculty supervisors at any given time.

Courses specifically designed for the fellows include: criminal law, civil law, juvenile law, family law, federal criminal law, mental health law, correctional psychiatry, videotape seminar, landmark mental health law cases, and legal regulation of psychiatry. Courses and seminars are approximately 14 hours per week. The fellows also conduct treatment of mentally disordered offenders.

Each fellow is granted a faculty appointment in the USC Department of Psychiatry. Each fellow teaches and supervises USC psychiatric residents and medical students in the area of psychiatry and the law. The fellowship is tailored to meet the educational, training, and experience requirements by ACGME which are necessary for certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

The fellow will be expected to make a scholarly contribution by participation in a forensic research project or by undertaking a comprehensive review of a forensic psychiatric topic suitable for publication.

Fringe benefits include health/dental insurance, malpractice insurance, 24 days of vacation, 8 paid sick days, (3 of which can be used as personal leave).

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University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio

Program description: The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio offers a one year, full-time fellowship training program in Forensic Psychiatry. The program has major clinical rotations at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, Kerrville State Hospital, Bexar County District Court Clinic, Bexar County Juvenile Detention Center, and a private practice rotation for civil forensic cases with forensic psychiatry faculty in the community (adult and child cases). These rotations provide the fellow with a broad-based experience and supervision in criminal and civil forensic psychiatry.

The core didactic curriculum includes a landmark case seminar, case conferences, and lecture series on tort law; civil competency; risk assessment for suicide and violence; medical malpractice; criminal competency; criminal responsibility; sexual offenders; children and families; correctional psychiatry; occupational psychiatry; and administrative psychiatry. Experienced faculty provide extensive individual and group supervision.

Psychiatrists interested in the fellowship should go to the website listed above for information on applying to the program. Qualified candidates will be invited to San Antonio for an interview. Medical licensure in the state of Texas is required.

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University of Texas Southwestern Medical School - Dallas

Program description: The UT Southwestern School of Medicine Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship is a one year training program with a variety of forensic experiences and an extensive didactic curriculum.

The didactic curriculum includes two weekly seminars. The law curriculum includes a landmark case seminar that reviews basic law concepts as well as the AAPL landmark cases. The forensic seminar covers a broad range of topics relating to civil and criminal forensic assessment.

Clinical experiences include rotations at UT Southwestern Medical School, Vernon State Hospital, Terrell State Hospital, the Special Needs Offender Program, and the Dallas VA Medical Center. The rotations offer a variety of experiences including court-ordered forensic evaluations of adults and children, treatment of criminal offenders, disability and fitness for duty evaluations, and consultation to general psychiatrists for involuntary hospitalization, risk assessment, and capacity to consent to treatment. Additionally, there will be opportunity to interact with forensic professionals in private practice in the community.

Fellows are expected to play an active role in teaching medical students and residents and may also have an opportunity to teach correctional officers. Research activity is expected and mentorship will be provided.

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University of Virginia

Department of Psychiatric Medicine

Program description: The program offers clinical experience, a variety of interdisciplinary training seminars, and research experience in the areas of criminal, civil, administrative, and correctional psychiatry. Clinical training takes place at 4 primary sites: The University of Virginia Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy (ILPPP) Outpatient Forensic Clinic; the Western State Hospital inpatient forensic unit; the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center Forensic consultation service; and the Albemarle County Jail. Residents learn about legal regulation of psychiatric practice at the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, which provides specialized training programs and consultation to the state in the area of mental health law. Extensive supervision is provided in report preparation and expert testimony.

Residents attend a week-long course on how to perform basic criminal forensic assessments and also more advanced one to three day training programs on risk assessment for violence, capital sentencing evaluations, sexual offender evaluations, and forensic assessment of juveniles. Residents also audit courses at the University of Virginia School of Law, including Criminal Law and Psychiatry, Mental Health Law, Torts and Criminal Law. Finally, residents engage in a supervised, empirical research project and participate in the ILPPP research colloquium.

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University of Washington

Western State Hospital and The Washington Institute

Program description: The fellowship was established at Western State Hospital (WSH) under the auspices of the University of Washington and the Washington Institute. Training includes supervised clinical rotations, weekly formal didactics, and research.

The primary site of training is the 225 bed forensic unit at WSH, where residents conduct a wide array of adult criminal forensic evaluations in inpatient and outpatient settings. Fellows participate in the treatment of incompetent defendants, insanity acquittees, and conditionally released insanity acquittees and provide consultation to professionals treating geriatric and civil psychiatric patients.

Fellows also receive training at the Child Study and Treatment Center where they conduct juvenile criminal forensic evaluations. Exposure to civil forensics occurs under the supervision of faculty working in the private sector. Residents may also become involved in the evaluation and treatment of sex offenders. During a rotation in the Pierce County Jail, residents focus on the treatment of the incarcerated mentally ill offender and systems issues.

The program is run in parallel with a forensic psychology fellowship.

Faculty includes four psychiatrists with added qualifications in forensic psychiatry, nine forensic psychologists, lawyers (practicing and law school faculty), and other professionals with special interests and expertise in branches of forensic mental health.

Fringe benefits include: health insurance, malpractice insurance, three weeks of vacation, and educational leave.

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West Virginia University

Program description: The Division of Forensic Psychiatry at West Virginia University offers a full-time one-year fellowship designed to provide a comprehensive and practical training experience. Fellows benefit from a balanced clinical and didactic curriculum resulting in an exceptional training experience in all aspects of forensic psychiatry. The breadth of forensic training prepares fellows for National Boards.

The primary training site, Chestnut Ridge Hospital, is the psychiatric center for West Virginia University Hospitals. The hospital is a regional referral center providing fellows with the quantity and diversity of experience necessary for training. Other training sites include a state hospital with designated inpatient forensic units, correctional facilities, a general medical hospital, and affiliated state-wide patient care facilities. In addition, fellows audit relevant courses at the WVU College of Law.

The multi-disciplinary faculty includes adult and child psychiatrists, forensic psychologists, social workers and attorneys. Fellows are supervised by Board Certified forensic psychiatrists. The didactic curriculum integrates a comprehensive review of forensic issues with in-depth concentration on the essential elements of forensic practice. Individual supervision includes both theoretical and pragmatic education.

Fellows are active participants in the educational activities of the department with supervised teaching responsibilities for residents, medical students and other trainees. There are opportunities for evaluations of civil and criminal cases, inpatient evaluations, research, public policy development, and educational presentations in the community.

Benefits include provision of professional meeting allowance, educational materials, malpractice and health insurance. An additional benefit is living in a university town ranked as the best small city in America, according to a study by Demographics Daily. Please refer to the divisions website for additional information.

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Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Program description: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) of the University of Pittsburgh offers a one year long fellowship designed to prepare trainees for a career in forensic psychiatry.

The didactic material is provided in the yearlong seminar covering a core curriculum designed to include all the relevant topics, both criminal and civil, in forensic psychiatry, including discussions of the landmark cases. The University of Pittsburgh Law School provides a course in mental health law for the fellows.

The major strength of the program is the depth and range of the clinical experience. Rotations include Mayview State Hospital Forensic Unit and the Allegheny County Behavior Clinic, which is an agency of the criminal court of Allegheny County and the second oldest diagnostic court clinic in the United States. The inclusion of the Allegheny County Behavior Clinic and Mayview State Hospital Forensic Unit in the rotation assures the fellows of the opportunity to assess the defendants in every major criminal case involving psychiatry in Allegheny County. Additionally, opportunities are provided for rotations through a sexual offenders program, an intensive outpatient forensic program as well as juvenile court assessments and other site placements. Civil cases are referred from various sources, which yields a wide range of experience. Clinicians who have practical experience and are recognized authorities in their fields including Robert Wettstein, MD, and Edward Mulvey, PhD provide supervision. Fellows are expected to participate in teaching programs for the residents and medical students. Research with opportunities for original projects or participation in ongoing studies, particularly in risk assessment for violence, is sponsored by an active and nationally renowned staff.

WPIC is located in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, a beautifully restored city, located in scenic western Pennsylvania. The city affords all the amenities of city living including a lively cultural district and the friendliness and convenience of a small town with manageable traveling distances.

Fringe benefits include fees for the annual meeting at AAPL and enrollment in the Forensic Psychiatry Review Course.

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Yale University - Department of Psychiatry

Law and Psychiatry Division

Program description: The fellowship is a full-time, one-year experience in the legal regulation of psychiatry and in forensic evaluations. The program is based in the Law and Psychiatry Division of the Department of Psychiatry at Yale with placements at: 1) Yale Law School; 2) Attorney's offices (state's attorney, public defender); 3) New Haven Juvenile Court; 4) Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital (maximum and medium security treatment centers; 5) Department of Childrens and Families Facilities; and 6) Department of Correction.

The goals of the program are to train fellows so that they: 1. Understand the legal standards and concepts in civil and criminal forensic evaluations. 2. Learn the principles and current trends in the legal regulation of psychiatric practice; e.g. civil commitment, confidentiality, liability, duty to third parties, physician/patient relationships, ethics, right to refuse treatment and informed consent. 3. Are familiar with the special issues involved with mental health treatment in jail, prisons, maximum security treatment centers and public sector administration. 4. Develop a knowledge base in special areas of psychiatry, such as malingering, hypnosis, neuropsychiatric disorders, epilepsy, sexual disorders, alcohol, etc. 5. Have experience in preparing reports and testifying as an expert witness and consulting to governmental bodies regarding public policy issues. 6. Undertake some research, either empirical or review of the legal and/or psychiatric literature.

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University of Alberta

Department of Psychiatry, Division of Forensic Psychiatry

Program description: This is a one-year program designed to provide experience in criminal forensic psychiatry. Fellows will receive training in assessment of fitness to stand trial, criminal responsibility, treatment of unfit and not criminally responsible patients as well as the preparation of pre-sentence reports. In addition, fellows will be able to obtain experience in adolescent forensic psychiatry and correctional psychiatry.

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Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission, BC

Program description: Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission (FPSC) offers a one-year clinical fellowship in forensic psychiatry co-administered with the University of British Columbia.

The fellowship prepares psychiatrists to work as experts in criminal and civil forensic mental health settings with rotations in adult, youth, and civil forensics.

The primary training sponsor for adult criminal forensics is FPSC, a multi-site provincial health organization that includes a 190-bed inpatient Forensic Psychiatric Hospital and regional clinics.

The fellowship provides training in all aspects of forensic psychiatry in inpatient, outpatient and correctional settings, including the assessment of competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility, civil liability, and risk for violence. Training includes the management of persons who have been found Unfit to stand trial or Not Criminally Responsible, sex offenders, and probationers.

Training in youth forensics is coordinated through Youth Forensic Psychiatric Services.

Training in civil forensics takes place in specialized clinics and under supervisors practicing in the private sector.

The fellowship program also includes exposure to correctional settings and opportunities for research, continuing medical education, tele-psychiatry, and some travel.

Faculty supervisors are specialized in forensic psychiatry and psychology.

In addition to the salary, funding is also provided for attendance at the AAPL annual meeting and Board Review Course.

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McMaster University

Division of Forensic Psychiatry

Program description: Two positions in forensic psychiatry are available at this medical school, one of the most innovative in North America. The clinical-academic program, referred to at this Center as a Clinical Scholarship, provides a one year comprehensive experience in all aspects of forensic psychiatry. These include inpatient and outpatient assessments and treatment at a wide variety of settings including forensic maximum, medium and minimum security facilities, detention centers, provincial reformatories and federal penitentiaries. Program staff is active in criminal, civil and juvenile aspects of the subspecialty. There is a formal academic component involving a year- long series of seminars, self-directed reading projects, and the opportunity to be involved in any number of ongoing research projects in the Forensic Program. There is also opportunity for involvement in the department teaching program for interested candidates.

In addition to the two clinical fellowships, there also exists a research fellowship at the Center for Studies of Aggression and Mental Disorder. This has been formed under the auspices of the University and Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre, where internationally renowned researchers are available to supervise a suitably qualified fellow from any academic discipline.

Possession of or eligibility for licensing with the Medical Council of Canada and Royal College of Physicians of Canada, as well as a student visa are required.

* addendum to stipend: Plus opportunity to bill for services when appropriate.

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Royal Ottawa Health Care Group and University of Ottawa

Forensic Corporate Division

Program description: This program provides intensive training in forensic psychiatry in the following areas:

Inpatient - 2 medium high secure double-locked pre-trial assessment wards of 9 &12 beds; 3 medium secure single-locked wards of 16 & 24 & 16 beds. NGRI acquittees in 60 beds, including a 15 bed minimal secure unit. There is a 100 bed inpatient facility for seriously mentally ill offenders.

Outpatient - Comprehensive outpatient service to our community including a specialized research clinic for the assessment and treatment of sexual deviation, and a research clinic for dysfunctional anger.

Family Court Clinic - Outpatient service for the assessment of divorce-custody issues, and child welfare cases; also assessment of young offenders (juveniles).

Assessment of the accused in court for fitness to stand trial and criminal responsibility and giving evidence on the need for further inpatient or outpatient assessments on these issues is provided on a regular basis.

Psychiatric consultations to the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre Secure Treatment Unit (a psychiatric facility for seriously mental disordered prisoners) .

Teaching of undergraduate medical students and residents in psychiatry of Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa and Law students and Criminology students from University of Ottawa and Carleton University.

Research - In-depth research base for sexual deviation, the violent offender, homicide, shoplifting, arson, etc.

Participants will be exposed to a full range of medico-legal problems including Criminal Courts, Civil Court, Family Courts, Supreme Courts, Probation and Parole Services, Fitness to Stand Trial, NCR (Not Criminally Responsible by Reason of Mental Disorders); assessments for dangerous offender classification (indeterminate sentencing), and treatment.

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Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship

Program description: The Forensic Fellowship at Queen's University is organized from the Correctional Service of Canada and draws from a variety of institutions and academic programs aimed at providing the Fellow with a broad base of forensic and correctional issues and theoretical knowledge in Forensic Psychiatry.

The fellow will be based at the Ontario Regional Treatment Centre, a 120-bed psychiatric facility for the treatment of federal penitentiary prisoners. Under supervision, at this facility, the Fellow will learn first hand the interface between correctional and health systems and will be involved in the assessment and treatment of individuals serving from 2 years to life and who suffer from serious mental conditions, comorbidities, or correctional pathologies. Part of the time will be spent at the 30-bed Forensic Unit of the PCCC-MHS, a facility for the assessment of fitness to stand trial and criminal responsibility, and treatment of persons found not criminally responsible because of mental disorder. The forensic program at the Hospital has community outreach facilities throughout the area served by the Hospital.

The Fellow will attend a series of forensic seminars at the Department of Psychiatry and will conduct specialized readings on particular areas of Forensic Psychiatry as directed by the Chairperson of the Division at the Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University. On entrance, the Fellow is required to present a plan for a research project to be completed by the end of the Fellowship year.

A multidiscipinary Faculty at the Forensic Psychiatry program at Queen's will be in charge of providing the seminars and directed readings for the Fellow. The following is a partial list of topics to be covered throughout the year. Other topics will be added as required. Forensic Psychiatry-Definition of the field and systems interface; Crime and its biological and social determinants; Criminal competence and fitness to stand trial; Criminal responsibility and psychiatric defenses; Sexual pathologies and social defense; Determinants of violence; Mental illness and violence and health/justice response; Risk assessment and risk management; Competence to undertake civil actions; Landmark cases, Correctional Psychiatry.

The Forensic Fellowship program at Queen's University is a registered program within the Forensic Fellowships Programs of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

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University of Toronto

Program description: The Toronto network is centered at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Experience is provided for assessment and treatment of mentally disordered offenders at all stages of the court process including probation and parole. Consultation experience in local jails, reformatories, penitentiaries and maximum and medium security psychiatric facilities is also provided. A comprehensive seminar program is an integral part of the fellowship during which the fellow has contact with a variety of faculty staff who have different interests within forensic psychiatry. Three of the part-time faculty are jointly qualified in law and psychiatry. Research training is also provided and fellows enrolled for the M.Sc. degree with the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto are preferred.

To be classified as a fellow, one has to have completed training to be eligible for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada examinations and must pass the Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examinations. Student visas are required.

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