Annual  Forensic  Mental  Health  Examiner TRaining 2005

 

DAY ONE – March 14, 2005

 

8:00-8:30 a.m.              Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:45 a.m.              Welcome – The Honorable Steven H. Levinson, Associate Justice, Hawaii Supreme Court

8:45-9:30 a.m.              Forensic Services & the Criminal Court: What’s New?

                                                Reneau Kennedy, EdD, AMHD Forensic Services Director

9:30-10:30 a.m.                        Competency, Criminal Responsibility & Dangerousness Determinations in Criminal Law

                                                Ann Andreas, JD, Deputy Attorney General

10:30-10:45 a.m.          Refreshment Break

10:45-12:00 noon          Competency, Criminal Responsibility & Dangerousness Determinations in Criminal Law cont’d.

                                                Ann Andreas, JD, Deputy Attorney General

 

12:00-1:00 p.m.                        Keynote Presentation:  Clinician or Examiner: Can You Be Both?

                                                Daryl Matthews, PhD, MD, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine

1:00-1:15 p.m.              Break

 

1:15-2:45 p.m.              Differentiation of Various Psychoses from Malingering

                                                Richard Kappenberg, PhD

2:45-3:00 p.m.              Refreshment Break

3:00-4:15 p.m.              Criminal Responsibility and Substance-Induced Psychoses – Panel Discussion

                                    Moderator: Daryl Matthews, PhD, MD, University of Hawaii, John Burns School of Medicine

                                    Panelists: Jeff Albert, JD, Prosecutor’s Office; Thomas Cunningham, PhD, Courts & Corrections/AMHD;

                                    Timothy Ho, JD, Deputy Public Defender; The Honorable Clifford Nakea;  Earle Partington, JD, Private Practice;

4:15-4:30 p.m.              Closing remarks

 

DAY TWO – March 15, 2005

8:00-8:30 a.m.              Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:15 a.m.              Errors in Examiner Decision Making in Competency Evaluations

                                                Crystal Mueller, AMHD Forensic Services Research

9:15-10:15                   Developments in the Oahu Mental Health Court

                                                 Debbie Gowensmith, MS, Project Planner

10:15-10:30 a.m.          Refreshment Break

10:30-12:00 noon          Views from the Bench

                                                Moderator: Marvin Acklin, PhD

                                                Panelists:  The Honorable Reynaldo D. Graulty, The Honorable Virginia Lea Crandall,

                                                The Honorable Ronald Ibarra; The Honorable Michael A. Town

 

12:00-1:00 p.m.                        Keynote Presentation:  The 3-Panel Examination in Hawaii: Historical Perspectives

                                                 Jack Annon, PhD, Private Practice

1:00-1:15 p.m.              “Excellence in Forensic Mental Health” Award Presentation

                                                Presenters: Marvin Acklin, PhD & Craig Robinson, PhD

1:15-1:30 p.m.              Break

 

1:30-2:45 p.m.              “Standards of Practice – Writing Forensic Reports”

                                                Marvin Acklin, PhD; Reneau Kennedy, EdD; Olaf Gitter, PhD

 

2:45-3:00 p.m.              Refreshment Break

3:00-4:15 p.m.              “Nuts & Bolts – Conducting Risk Assessment Evaluations for Conditional Release”

                                                Harold Hall, PhD, Pacific Institute for the Study of Conflict and Aggression

4:15-4:30 p.m.              Closing/evaluation

DAY THREE - March 16, 2005

 

8:00-8:30 a.m.              Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:45 a.m.              Substance Abuse Treatment and Community Integration

                                                Bill Zwick, PhD, Argosy University

9:45-10:00 a.m.                        Refreshment Break

 

10:00-11:45 a.m.          Differentiating the Diagnostic Conditions of Methamphetamine Psychosis & Schizophrenia

                                                                         In Forensic Evaluations

                                                Eugene Wang, MD, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

11:45-1:15 p.m.                        Keynote Presentation:  Judicial Considerations Regarding Conditional Release

                                                The Honorable Michael A. Town

                                                Moderator: Tom Merrill, PhD, Private Practice

1:15-1:30 p.m.              Break

 

1:30-2:45 p.m.              “Determination of Dangerousness in Conditional Release Evaluations” - Gary Farkas, PhD (Moderator)

                                    Panelists: Ann Andreas, JD, Deputy Attorney General; Dennis Donovan, PhD, Courts & Corrections/AMHD;

                                    Neil Gowensmith, PhD, AMHD Forensic Services; Brook Hart, JD, Private Practice.;

                                     Sherri Tisza, MD, Hawaii State Hospital & John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

2:45-3:00 p.m.              Refreshment Break

 

3:00-4:15 p.m.              After the Acquittal: Outcomes & Cases

                                     Melissa Piasecki, MD, &Todd Elwyn, MD, JD, University of Hawaii John Burns School of Medicine

4:15-4:30 p.m.              Closing &Evaluation