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A survey of psychologists and psychiatrists addresses reports on competency to stand trial and criminal responsibility, highlighting strong consensus on defendant identification, evaluation methods, and essential clinical data. 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assessment bymental health professionals has growntremendously in the past 30 years.How-ever,associated with this growth is in-creasing concern about the quality of  \nDr.Borum is assistant clinical professor of medicalpsychology,Department of Psychiatry and BehavioralSciences,Duke University Medical Center,Durham,NC.Dr.Grisso is professor of psychiatry and clinicalpsychology,Department of Psychiatry,University ofMassachusetts Medical School,Boston,MA.Addresscorrespondence to:Dr.Randy Borum,Duke UniversityMedical Center,Box 3071,Durham,NC 27710.E-mailaddress:rborum@psych.mc.duke.edu  \nForensic psychologists and forensic psychiatrists (about 80%of whom werecertified by a specialty board)were surveyed regarding their beliefs about thenecessary and appropriate content for reports on competency to stand trial(CST)(N=102)and criminal responsibility/not guilty by reason of insanity(CR)(N=96).Report elements concerning the identification of the defendant and evaluationmethods(e.g.,names,relevant dates,charges,data sources,notification to de-fendant of the purpose of the evaluation,and limits on confidentiality)weregenerally seen as\"essential.\"Clinical data such as psychiatric history,currentmental status,and current use of psychotropic medication were also seen asessential,as were data elements specific to each forensic question (e.g.,under-standing charges/penalties,possible pleas,and roles of trial participants for CST,and collateral information and defendant's description of alleged offense for CR)While most respondents agreed that it was important to provide an opinion aboutand reasoning for any diagnosis and its relation to the psycholegal question,therewas lack of consensus regarding the propriety of offering\"ultimate opinions,\"particularly concerning CR.Although there was general cross-disciplinary agree-ment regarding the appropriate content for criminal forensic reports,there wassome disagreement as to the degree of importance of certain elements.Implica-tions for practice and the development of professional standards are discussed,including advantages and cautions about using these data to influence issues ofstandards and policy.  \nmental health professionals'consultationto the courts.¹-4 Forensic evaluationshave been criticized on a variety ofgrounds,including failing to address thelegally relevant issue,providing conclu-sory reports without supporting data orreasoning,and failing to collect and com-municate relevant information on whichto base an opinion.⁵Recent economic cir-cumstances are causing an increasingnumber of mental health professionals toinclude forensic evaluation in their prac-  \ntice.However,some of them will nothave adequate forensic training,knowl-edge,or experience required for thesetasks.⁶The consequence of this \"could bea gradual erosion of already shaky publicand judicial perception(s)of the credibil-ity and competence of mental health pro-fessionals as court examiners and expertwitnesses.”⁶  \nthrough information gathered in our sur-vey,to identify content areas for which aconsensus regarding essential and recom-mended features of criminal forensic re-ports has or has not evolved among fo-rensic mental health experts.  \nAt the broadest level,forensic reportsshould provide three interrelated catego-ries of information:(1)data,(2)clinicaland forensic opinions,and (3)some indi-cation concerning how the opinions arisefrom(are supported by)the data.2,5 Weknow ittle,however,about professionalconsensus concerning what is,or at min-imum should be,reported within any ofthese three content categories.  \nTo address these concerns,specialtyguidelines have been developed to im-prove the quality of forensic practice.These guidelines,however,are meantonly to provide general principles;theymust still be translated into the details ofactual practice.Moreover,there has beenlitt","cbCaieboG7P7iF0D","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieboG7P7iF0D","pdf",974401,21,"English","# Establishing Standards for\n## Survey of Forensic Professionals' Beliefs on Essential Report Content\n## Required Report Information Categories: Data, Opinions, and Support\n## Specialty Guidelines and Research Gaps\n## Evidence on Types of Data Included in CST and CR Reports\n## Clinical/Forensic Opinions and Contested “Ultimate Opinions”","[{\"question\":\"What report elements did respondents generally consider essential for criminal forensic reports?\",\"answer\":\"Respondents generally viewed elements concerning identification of the defendant and evaluation methods as essential, along with key clinical data such as psychiatric history, current mental status, and medication use. 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