Conundrums in Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry

This course is part of the true case series of Durvile Publications. This is a collection of powerful cases by eminent forensic psychologists and psychiatrists who write about mental health issues they face and what they are doing about it. The course delves deeply into the disturbed human psyche to help build a solution to the problem of understanding mental illness within the criminal justice system. In this course, forensics experts tell stories about cases that they have worked on and that still haunt them. The course helps students to get a deeper understanding of the disturbed human psyche to help build a solution to the problem of understanding mental illness within the criminal justice system.

It is based on chapters from "Shrunk, Crime and Disorders of the Mind," a book in the Durvile True Cases series that bridges mental health and the law. Chapters in the book focus on court cases where judges and juries call upon the opinions of forensic psychologists and psychiatrists when dealing with the mentally disordered criminally accused. In this course on “Conundrums,” Dr. Joel Watts writes about treating Luka Magnotta, Dr. Steven Porter writes about brain damage and extreme amnesia, and Dr. Marc Nesca writes about catathymic murder and necrophilia.

Students learn about what to consider when going to court representing a client with mental health issues and what the trial procedure can do to their clients. Trials are long, monotonous affairs, punctuated by intense stress, especially for clients who face severe mental health problems. This course can help lawyers to get a better understanding of the importance of providing mental health support in the criminal justice system.

This program contains 2 hours and 20 minutes of professionalism content.