The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) is a professional organization in the field of
forensic psychiatry
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History and organization
AAPL was founded in 1969. It currently has more than 1,500 members in North America and around the world.
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'' form the basis of the guidelines of the Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.
They have also debated the medical ethics of psychiatrists testifying in death-penalty cases.
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Presidents
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Emily A. Keram, MD 2015-2016
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Graham Glancy, MB 2014-2015
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Robert Weinstock, MD 2013-2014
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Debra A. Pinals, MD 2012-2013
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Charles L. Scott, MD 2011-2012
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Peter Ash
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Early life
He atte ...
, MD 2010-2011
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Stephen B. Billick, MD 2009-2010
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Patricia R. Recupero, MD, JD 2008-2009
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Jeffrey S. Janofsky, M.D. 2007-2008
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Alan R. Felthous, M.D. 2006-2007
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Robert I. Simon, M.D. 2005-2006
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Robert T.M. Phillips, M.D., Ph.D. 2004-2005
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Robert Wettstein, M.D. 2003-2004
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Roy J. O’Shaughnessy, M.D. 2002-2003
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Larry Strasburger, M.D. 2001-2002
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Jeffrey Metzner, M.D. 2000-2001
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Thomas G. Gutheil, M.D. 1999-2000
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Larry R. Faulkner, M.D. 1998-1999
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Renée L. Binder, M.D. 1997-1998
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Ezra E. H. Griffith, M.D. 1996-1997
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Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D. 1995-1996
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Park E. Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. 1994-1995
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John M. Bradford, M.B. 1993-1994
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Howard V. Zonana, M.D. 1992-1993
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Kathleen M. Quinn, M.D. 1991-1992
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Richard T. Rada, M.D. 1990-1991
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Joseph D. Bloom, M.D. 1989-1990
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William H. Reid, M.D. 1988-1989
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Richard Rosner, M.D. 1987-1988
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J. Richard Ciccone, M.D. 1986-1987
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Selwyn M. Smith, M.D. 1985-1986
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Phillip J. Resnick, M.D. 1984-1985
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Loren H. Roth, M.D. 1983-1984
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Abraham L. Halpern, M.D. 1982-1983
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Stanley L. Portnow, M.D. 1981-1982
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Herbert E. Thomas, M.D. 1980-1981
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Nathan I. Sidley, M.D. 1979-1980
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Irwin N. Perr, M.D. 1978-1979
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Gerald J. Sarwer-Foner
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, M.D. 1975-1977
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Seymour L. Pollack, M.D. 1973-1975
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Robert L. Sadoff, M.D. 1971-1973
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Jonas R. Rappeport, M.D. 1969-1971
Selected publications
*Rosner, Richard (1982). ''Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law, Volume 1.'' Thomas,
*Rosner, Richard (1985). ''Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law, Volume 2.'' Thomas,
See also
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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
References
External links
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
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