Evaluations of competence to stand trial are evolving amid a national "competency crisis".
Behav Sci Law
; 41(5): 310-325, 2023.
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ABSTRACT
Across the United States, court orders for competence to stand trial (CST) evaluations and competence restoration services have been increasing much more rapidly than states can provide these services, prompting what has been called a national "competency crisis." The challenge in providing timely competence restoration services has, in several jurisdictions, prompted a change in competence evaluations. Evaluators are more often required to address broader clinical issues-such as recommending placement or addressing the urgency of hospitalization-rather than addressing only CST. This marks an evolving practice in forensic evaluation, which moves evaluators beyond the very narrow forensic question of competence and into more traditionally clinical recommendations. We describe several state examples of changing practice in order to highlight the initial barriers, and potential benefits, to addressing additional clinical issues in competence evaluations, amid a national competence crisis.
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Psiquiatria Legal
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Transtornos Mentais
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Guideline
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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En
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2023
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Article