The 36th Annual FMHAC Conference
March 23-25, 2011

​Board of Directors Elections

President Elect: Munir Sewani, PhD
Vice President: David Meyer, Esq
Treasurer: Douglas Taylor Smith, LCSW

Award Winners

William T. Rossiter Award

• Stephen Mayberg, PhD

Christine M. West Award

• Douglas Taylor Smith, LCSW

​Presentation Handouts

OPENING SESSION
Psychopathy and its Implications for Mental Health and Law 

• Robert D. Hare, PhD
• Email for ppt handout
• Hare & Neumann Final Draft Oxford Volume on Legal
• Hare & Neumann Published 09
• Hare New References
• Hare References

KEYNOTE
False Confessions: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions

• Richard A. Leo, Esq, PhD
• -no handout-

BREAKOUT SESSION A
​The First Empirical Study of Remorse: A Four-Factor Model

• Ethan M. Abercrombie, PhD
• Adrianna Shoji, PhD 
• Handout

Are We Giving Our Officers the Best? Crisis Intervention Team Training for Law Enforcement

• Agi Schenley, PhD, MFT
• Sergeant Troy Boser
• Kelly J. McMillin 
• -no handout-

My Roles as a Mental Health Professional: Where Do They Start and Where Do They Stop? 

• Robert T. Kinscherff, PhD, Esq
• Handout

Prediction of Dangerousness in Forensic Cases

• Clarisse Hamblin, Esq
• Pamela Anderson-Mahoney, PhD 
• Handout
• Reference List
• Science of Dangerousness Prediction Notes

When Experts Disagree: Evaluation of Acute Psychosis in a Forensic Setting

• Patricia Winters, MD 
• Handout

BREAKOUT SESSION B
​Metropolitan State Hospital Seclusion and Restraint Reduction Initiative

• Cynthia Lusch, RN
• Mike Nunley, RN
• Lisa Dieckmann, PhD
• -no handout-

Intervention with Personality Disorders: A Clinical Update

• Philip Erdberg, PhD, ABPP 
• Handout

My Roles as a Mental Health Professional: Where Do They Start and Where Do They Stop? 

• Robert T. Kinscherff, PhD, Esq
• Handout

Restoration of Competency in Jails for Felony Cases: CA's Pilot Project

• Kenneth Carabello, LCSW
• Kevin Rice, LCSW 
• -no handout-

Successful Supervision Outcomes Through Evidence-Based Practices: Just Another Swing of the Pendulum 

• Thomas Granucci, LCSW
• Handout
• Bibliography​

BREAKOUT SESSION C
​Safety Issues and Solutions in Community-Based Forensic Behavioral Health Services

• Kevin St. Jacques, PsyD, LMHC
• Katrina Taylor, MA, LMHC 
• -no handout-

Dialectical Behavior Therapy in an Inpatient Forensic Setting

• Michael Tandy, PhD
• Handout

Making Changes in Mental Health: The Impact of the Courts on Correctional Mental Health Services

• James Telander, PhD
• -no handout-

Parental Alienation: A New Diagnosis for DSM-5

• William Bernet, MD
• Joseph N. Kenan, MD 
• Handout

An Empirical Understanding of Patients Who are Repeatedly Violent and Suicidal

• Moderator: Robert Horon, PhD
• Panel: 
• John Roberts, MS
• Shamyka Sutton, MS
• Amanda Ferguson, MS
• Briana Henderson
• Ferguson Handout
• Roberts, Henderson Handout
• Sutton Handout

BREAKOUT SESSION D
Motivational Interviewing in Forensic Settings: Safer Environments, Positive Behavioral Choices

• Ernest Marshall, LCSW 
• Handout

Should Psychologists Prescribe?

• Moderator: Amanda Ruiz, MD, CCHP

Expanding Access to Quality Mental Health Services: Prescribing Psychologists 

• Morgan T. Sammons, PhD, ABPP

How Our Increasing Knowledge of How Mind, Body and Brain Interact Require Increasing Expertise and Education 

• Bruce S. Milin , MD 
• -no handout-

Personality Attributes of Male Serial Murderers in a Correctional Mental Health Setting: A Preliminary Investigation

• Juliana Rohrer, PhD
• Philip Erdberg, PhD
• John Lang, PhD
• Wes Bettger
• Lincoln Beals
• Sandy Folker
• -no handout-

From Treating Therapist to Expert Witness: Legal and Ethical Implications

• Donald A. Eisner, PhD, Esq
• Ofer Zur, PhD 
• Zur Handout
• Zur Dual Relationships Brochure

Incorporating Risk/Needs Assessment and Treatment Planning into Sentencing Decisions: Some Practical and Legal Issues

• Tim Brennan, PhD 
• -no handout-

CLOSING PRESENTATIONS​
Forensic Assessment of Malingering and Related Response Styles

• Richard Rogers, PhD
• Handout
• Outline

Testimony Regarding Behavioral Genomics at Criminal Trials

• William Bernet, MD 
• Handout

HIPAA, HITECH and AB 211: Everything You Need to Know About the Increasing Federal and State Enforcement of Patient Confidentiality Rights

• Linda J. Garrett, Esq 
• Handout

The Management of Sexual Predators: Two California High Profile Sex Offenders and the Impact of Their Crimes on Community Safety

• Amy Phenix, PhD
• Robert Ambroselli
• Janet Neeley, Esq
• Neeley Handout

REFERENCES​

The 36th Annual FMHAC Conference 
March 23-25, 2011
Embassy Suites, Seaside, CA 

• 2011 Program

2011 CORPORATE MEMBERS

• ​Janssen Pharmaceutica

2011 SUSTAINING MEMBERS

• Gil Abdalian, MFT
• Ethan Abercrombie, PhD
• Nicholas Burgeson, RN, MBA
• Patricia Butler, RN, CLNC
• Kenneth Carabello, LCSW
• Diana Concannon
• Trayci Dahl, PhD
• Mark Duarte, LCSW
• Lynn Field, RN, CCHP
• Harry Goldberg, PhD
• Mark Grabau, PhD
• Thomas Granucci, LCSW
• J. Douglas Hollie 
• Alex Honigman, LCSW 
• Ronald Kaufman, PsyD 
• Cynthia Lermond, PsyD
• Joseph Lockhart, PhD
• Gilbert McFarlane, PhD
• David Meyer, Esq
• Kathleen O'Meara, PhD
• Rod Ponath, MD
• Neil Ross, MA
• Laurie Rubel, MSW
• Nameeta Sahni, PsyD
• John Schipper, PhD
• Munir Sewani, PhD, MFT
• Peggy Webb
• Alex Yufik, PsyD, JD

​CONTINUING EDUCATION

Board of Behavioral Science Examiners (CEUs)
Board of Registered Nursing (CEUs)
FMHAC is an approved provider of CEUs through the BBSE (PCE 480) and the BRN (CEP 5965).
16 CEUs available in 2011:
3 CEUs Wednesday Opening Session
1 CEU Keynote
1.5 CEUs for each workshop on 2nd day
6 CEUs Wrap-up Session

Board of Psychology (MCEPs)
MCEPs are approved for 16 units, certification #FOR005-0071-000. 
3 CEUs Wednesday Opening Session
1 CEU Keynote
1.5 CEUs for each workshop on 2nd day
6 CEUs Wrap-up Session

California State Bar (MCLEs)
MCLEs are approved for 8.5 credits, #15388: 
1 CEU Keynote
1.5 CEUs for selected workshops on 2nd day
1.5 CEUs Wrap Up Session

Peace Officer Standards and Training (POSTs)
POST approved 8 credits, certification #2540-28000-10010: 
1.5 CEUs for selected workshops on 2nd day

Board of Corrections (STCs)
For Standards and Training for Corrections (STC) participants who need STC training credit for this event, please either arrange a work related special request before the event or apply for Special Certification after the event. Both of these go through your STC training manager/coordinator.  

The process for a Special Certification is as follows:
Inform your training manager that you will be attending this conference and you will be asking for a Special Certification. 
Upon returning from the conference, inform your training manager how many hours you attended and ask them to submit a Special Certification for those hours.
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Please contact FMHAC or your STC representative if you have questions on how to request STC credits for this conference.