Forensic Psychiatry Glossary

Evaluation of Competency to Stand Trial-Revised; a standardized assessment tool for adjudicative competence.

Mental condition involving intentional production of symptoms for psychological rather than external gain, relevant in f...

The deliberate simulation or gross exaggeration of cognitive deficits for external incentive.

A defendant's present mental capacity to understand court proceedings and assist in their defense.

Forensic Mental Health Assessment - structured evaluation process for psycholegal questions in criminal and civil matter...

Court-ordered psychiatric hospitalization following criminal proceedings, typically after NGRI verdict or incompetency f...

Court-supervised alternative to traditional prosecution that redirects mentally ill defendants to treatment programs ins...

Court-ordered detention for mental health evaluation while criminal charges are pending.

A formal written document presenting findings and opinions from a forensic mental health evaluation.

Legal test for admissibility of scientific evidence requiring general acceptance in the relevant scientific community.

Global Assessment of Functioning rating measuring psychological, social, and occupational functioning (now deprecated).

Guilty but Mentally Ill verdict acknowledging criminal responsibility while recognizing mental illness requiring treatme...

Guilty but mentally ill verdict allowing conviction with mandatory psychiatric treatment, alternative to NGRI in some ju...

Verdict indicating defendant committed the act but was legally insane at the time.

Structured violence risk assessment tool evaluating historical, clinical, and risk management factors.

Mental ability to understand and voluntarily agree to medical or research procedures.

Court-ordered psychiatric hospitalization of individuals who meet criteria for mental illness and dangerousness.

Legal standard for insanity defense requiring proof that defendant did not understand the nature or wrongfulness of thei...

MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Criminal Adjudication; a structured instrument for assessing trial competence.

MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Treatment, used to evaluate decision-making capacity in psychiatric patients.

Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory; a psychological assessment tool for adolescent personality and clinical syndromes.

Intentional fabrication or exaggeration of psychiatric symptoms for external gain.

Constitutional warnings that must be given to suspects before custodial interrogation regarding their rights to remain s...

A defendant's relinquishment of Fifth Amendment rights after receiving proper warnings during custodial interrogation.