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is defined as the specialized branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorder

diagnostis treatment and prevenntion of mental disorder, relies on knowledge about medicine

sstudy off medicine dealing with psychological disorder. often prescribes medicine

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psychiatry

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a holder of a doctoral degree in psychology with training in clinical practice and research

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clinical psychologist

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scientific study of mind and behavior
hub science w strong connection to the medical science, social science and education

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psychology

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5 major types of psychology

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forensic psychology/ccriminal psychology
clinical psych
general psych
cognitive psych
social psych

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provide continuing and comprehensive mental treatment. critical psychological problems. therapy on chronic mental illnesses

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clinical psychocology

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treatment concerning mild cases. anxiety stress or mild depression

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general psych

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study on doing research the process of thinking

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cognitive psych

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what is the impacct of society to the thinking

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social psych

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interconnected with other science

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hub science

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assessment of the victim witness and suspect

-assessment
-treatmment
-evaluation

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forensic/criminal psychology

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he said the application of clinical specialties to legal institutionss

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christopher chronin

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eyewitness identification

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elizabeth lofftus

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childrens memory are suceptible cannot stand to theiir statement.6yo

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stephen ceci

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psychologist to become a for psych they must

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-have phd or psyd degree that is apa accredited or cpa
-must have 2 yrs of supervised proffesional experience
-1 yr of apa or cpa accredited predoctoral internship
-apply for licensure and sit for an oral and written exam

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trials of forensic psychologist: a case book

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charles patrick ewing

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he gave a clear picture on what is like to evaluate write and give testimony in court on difficult crimminal cases

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charles patrick ewing

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task of a forpsych 7

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child custody eval
threat assessment for schools
competency eval
counselling servises
death notification procedure
ptsd assessment
screening and selections
juvenile evaluation
expert witness

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state of forensic psych in the ph

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1.definition of forpsych is not known to many psychologist
2.forpsych books are hard to find, filo authors are nowhere to be found
3. for psych only in graduate school of UST
4. seminars and conference on this is not heard of
5. forpsych as a specialty has not been fullly established
6. few practitioners
7.directory off forensic expert has not been circulated
8. psychologist engaged in forensic pracice has not been formed
9.ph ethical guidelines for practicitoners not formulated
10. associated more on clinical psychology practice than law
11.usually cconfined to legal actions or ddefenses

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when forensic pyschoologist work inn family courts they offer:

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psychotherapy servises
investigate reports of child abuse
perform child custody eval
conduct visitation rosk assessment

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practice of forpsych abrooad

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statemental hospital
private practice
law enforcement agencies
penal institutions

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can be hired by either thhe defense or proseccutor to testify in court cases
they open their won private practice

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private practice

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some may work as professional xpert witness for the state. they routinely evaluate tthe mental sstate of defendants on trial

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state mental hosspital

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they often used in the debriefing of victim or who are under some form of post traumatic stress or who cannot submit to questioning as a result of psychoological condition

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law enforcement agenciees

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treatment of inmantes with severe depression.

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penal institutions

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one who has "special knowledge" of the subject about which he is to testify
expert witness
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violation of boundary and role
one area of expertise
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must be a holder of atleast an MA Degree in psyychology or the PHD Major in psychology
pssychologist
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a medical doctor with residency training usually three years in a ppsychiatric hospital or mental health facility
psychiatrist
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terms used for forensic psychologists
criminal psychologist correctional " police " social-legal "
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involves the asssessment treatment of mentally abnormal offenders as well as the legal aspects oog psychiiatry
forensic psychiatry
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aapl
ameriacan academy of psychiatry
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the aapl goes on to state that in the following domains psychiatry and the law share a commmon boundary:
violence criminal responsibiliy competence civil and criminal child custody and visitation psychic injury mental disability malpractice confidentiality involuntary treatment correctional psychiiatry juvenile justice ethics and human rights
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similarities between psycho and psychiatry
work on similar cases same courtroom procedures and cross xamination same ethical dilemmas same theories and research findings
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differences between pyscho and psychia
1 content of respectice contribution to individual cases 2 use different methods in assesment 3. epistemological difference between their research 4 use different mentoring systemq
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assessment and eval like child custoddy eval meditation, adoption readiness ecal, ddevelopment of family reunification plans and eval to assess termination of parental rights
family court
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four areas of variation between clinical psychology and legal psychology
1. the sstate of scientific knowledge 2 differing purposes of the two disciplines 3 the legal process of prbability versus certainty 4 conclusion based on group to individual findings
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clinical psych and legal psych have a very distinct and unique purposes behind their mthodology >clinical assess or treat > legal assess on behalf of court
differing purposes of the two disciplines
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is the process of gathering information necessary for making decisions about a client
clinical assessment
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he stated that a clinical diagnostic evaluation is not a forensic diagnostic evaluation
goldstein (2003)
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civil forensic psychologist work on 3 cases and have 6 job opportunities
child custody sexual harrassmanet immigration cases --- personal injnury eval second opinion eval assessment of emotional factors in secual harassment and discrimination workers compensation eval civil competency eval psychological autopsies
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is a type of behavior theraphy which is a counterconditioning technique.
systematic desensitization
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subcomponent of criminal court/ criminal investigation
beginning criminal investigation the court ssystem/ccriminal ccourt psychological evaluation for criminal court
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involves the psychologist usingg his understanding of human behvaior motivation and pathology so that she /he can created a pyschological profile of the offfender
criminal profiling
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individuals convited of serious secual offenses such as sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault must be evaluated by ___
adult diagnostic and treament center in new jersey
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aggravated sexual assualt elements
-if offfender knows may std sya pero nakipag sexual intercourse parin -member of a law enforcement -victimm is suffring from permanent disability -victim is pregnant
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it has long been suspected that antisocial parents tend to have antisocial children
true
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inherent factors of criminal behavior
age and gender
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nature of criminal behavior
genes and environment
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average man was more aggressive than average woman in all known societies and human aggression has been directly tied to sex hormones particularly male sex hormones
genetic influence
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3 environmental factors of criminal behavior
1. poverty and materialism 2. maltreatment 3. family relationship and parenting styles
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controls dopamine and seratonin
warrior genes
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influences sexual offenders to their behaviors
psychotic disorder personality disorder substance abuse mental retardation
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most deliquency may well develop due to ineffective parenting skills (patterson)
family relationship and parenting styles
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there is a direct relation between a childs exposure to negative mental emotional social and environmental events and presence of problems in the adult life
maltreatment
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gum notes false identification of the body as the self leads to people to believe that sense of enjoyment will make them happy and satisfied
poverty and materialism a

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