Browsing articles in "Forensic Psychiatry"

 
FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Naloxone Nasal Spray
March 29, 2023   

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for over-the-counter, nonprescription, use. This overdose-reversing drug is the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over-the-counter. The approval of over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray will require...
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High-Risk Youth Population Are Not Receiving Behavioral Health Services
April 6, 2021   

Literature on pediatric mental health has suggested that adverse children’s experiences have been widespread and have gone unaddressed or untreated. A recent cross-sectional study was conducted to estimate the proportion of children with high levels of adverse children’s experiences or mental health symptoms who have not been receiving services from behavioral health professionals...
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Clozapine to Reduce Aggression in Patients With Schizophrenia and Conduct Disorder
February 11, 2021   

The first head-to-head comparison study of clozapine, olanzapine, and haloperidol in the treatment of violent schizophrenia patients with and without conduct disorder was recently conducted. Patients who had a history of being physically assaultive...
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2020 NEI Max! Highlight: FBI Profiling of Serial Killers
November 4, 2020   

In this incredible presentation, Dr. Charles Scott fascinated the NEI Forensic Academy audience with a historical and current view of serial killer profiling. Starting with Dr. Brussel’s profiling of the “Mad Bomber” in the 1950’s through investigators’ profiling of the “BTK” killer in the 1970s and beyond...
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