Bioethics Calendar Of Event
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Event Title: Mitigation & Forensic Consultation: Purpose & Process
Date: 11/10/2009
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Place: Board Room #6601
New York State Psychiatric Institute
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Speaker: Mark S. Silver MA, MSW, LCSW, CPFT, PsyD, JD, Mitigation expert for immigration and criminal attorneys
Sponsor: Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, Seminar series on Legal and Ethical Issues in Psychiatry and General Medicine
Contact Information: For further information or to convey suggestions about future speakers, contact Paul S. Appelbaum, MD, Director, Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, at 212-543-4184 or psa21@columbia.edu.
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| Description: This talk will focus on the purpose of mitigation, how it is used in a forensic consultation process, and clients who most benefit from mitigation. It will also examine related topics, including live versus telephonic testimony, countertransference by attorneys, and cognitive processes of professionals that tend to contribute to errors. Case examples will illustrate the issues. |
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