American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Forensic psychiatry professional organization

The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) is a professional organization in the field of forensic psychiatry.

History and organization

It publishes the quarterly Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. The Academy's Ethics guidelines for the practice of forensic psychiatry^[1] form the basis of the guidelines of the Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.^[2] They have also debated the medical ethics of psychiatrists testifying in death-penalty cases.^[3]

Presidents

James L. Knoll IV, MD 2022-2023
Susan Hatters Friedman, MD 2021-2022
Liza Gold, MD 2020-2021
William Newman, MD 2019-2020
Richard L. Frierson, MD 2018-2019
Christopher R. Thompson, MD 2017-2018
Michael A. Norko, MD 2016-2017
Emily A. Keram, MD 2015-2016
Graham Glancy, MB 2014-2015
Robert Weinstock, MD 2013-2014
Debra A. Pinals, MD 2012-2013
Charles L. Scott, MD 2011-2012
Peter Ash, MD 2010-2011
Stephen B. Billick, MD 2009-2010
Patricia R. Recupero, MD, JD 2008-2009
Jeffrey S. Janofsky, M.D. 2007-2008
Alan R. Felthous, M.D. 2006-2007
Robert I. Simon, M.D. 2005-2006
Robert T.M. Phillips, M.D., Ph.D. 2004-2005
Robert Wettstein, M.D. 2003-2004
Roy J. O'Shaughnessy, M.D. 2002-2003
Larry Strasburger, M.D. 2001-2002
Jeffrey Metzner, M.D. 2000-2001
Thomas G. Gutheil, M.D. 1999-2000
Larry R. Faulkner, M.D. 1998-1999
Renée L. Binder, M.D. 1997-1998
Ezra E. H. Griffith, M.D. 1996-1997
Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D. 1995-1996
Park E. Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. 1994-1995
John M. Bradford, M.B. 1993-1994
Howard V. Zonana, M.D. 1992-1993
Kathleen M. Quinn, M.D. 1991-1992
Richard T. Rada, M.D. 1990-1991
Joseph D. Bloom, M.D. 1989-1990
William H. Reid, M.D. 1988-1989
Richard Rosner, M.D. 1987-1988
J. Richard Ciccone, M.D. 1986-1987
Selwyn M. Smith, M.D. 1985-1986
Phillip J. Resnick, M.D. 1984-1985
Loren H. Roth, M.D. 1983-1984
Abraham L. Halpern, M.D. 1982-1983
Stanley L. Portnow, M.D. 1981-1982
Herbert E. Thomas, M.D. 1980-1981
Nathan I. Sidley, M.D. 1979-1980
Irwin N. Perr, M.D. 1978-1979
Gerald J. Sarwer-Foner, M.D. 1975-1977
Seymour L. Pollack, M.D. 1973-1975
Robert L. Sadoff, M.D. 1971-1973
Jonas R. Rappeport, M.D. 1969-1971

Selected publications

Rosner, Richard (1982). Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law, Volume 1. Thomas, ISBN 9780398045784
Rosner, Richard (1985). Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law, Volume 2. Thomas, ISBN 9780306419546

References

^ "Ethics guidelines for the practice of forensic psychiatry". AAPL. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
^ "Ethics guidelines for the practice of forensic psychiatry". Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
^ Jelinek, Pauline (October 20, 1980). Associated Press