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The Psychiatrist’s Role in the Competency Crisis

August 10, 2025

Daniel Carlat, MD

We’re trained to treat mental illness—not to navigate the courtroom.

Psychiatry in the Penitentiary: Navigating Mental Health in Custody

April 1, 2025

Amar Mehta, MD

Amar Mehta, MD

Deputy Director of the Statewide Mental Health Program at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Dr. Mehta is a Board-certified physician in Adult, Child and Adolescent, and Forensic psychiatry, as well as Addiction Medicine.

Dr. Mehta has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

In the past 10-15 years, we’ve seen a significant increase in the number of incarcerated individuals receiving mental health treatment.

Competency to Stand Trial: A Primer for Psychiatrists

April 1, 2025

Jacqueline Landess, MD, JD, DFAPA

Training Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

Dr. Landess has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Treating Addiction in Patients Transitioning to/from Incarceration

August 1, 2019

Karen Cropsey, PsyD

Karen Cropsey, PsyD

Conatser Turner Endowed Professor of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dr. Cropsey has disclosed that she has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Addiction treatment during incarceration is limited, and release from incarceration presents its own set of challenges. In this QA interview, Dr. Karen Cropsey discusses effective treatment options for patients with substance use disorders transitioning to or from incarceration.