Study

This course is designed to provide students with a working knowledge of the major areas of interface between psychiatry and law. Basic concepts of clinical psychiatry and psychopathology will be highlighted throughout the course. The attorney and the psychiatrist roles in the commitment process, right to treatment and right to refuse treatment, competency to stand trial, and criminal responsibility will be explored using a number of methods. Discussion of assigned readings, short lectures, interviews and observation of patients involved in legal proceedings, films, guest speakers, and field trips will form the basis of the course. The students will periodically be asked to use the information from the course together with independent and group research to complete short projects and class exercises.

Spring 2016

Course Number	Course Credits	Evaluation Method	Instructor
399.01	Course Credits 2		Sally C. Johnson, M.D.
Sakai site: https://sakai.duke.edu/portal/site/LAW.399.01.Sp16
Email list: LAW.399.01.Sp16@sakai.duke.edu