Linda E. Weinberger
Expert on mental health law, mentally ill offenders, and legal issues in psychiatric practices
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Keck School
of Medicine
Chief Psychologist, Institute of Psychiatry and Law
Contact at: (323) 226-4942 or leweinbe@hsc.usc.edu
Expertise:
- psychiatry/psychology and the law
- mental health laws and treatment
services for the mentally ill offender
- mentally ill persons in jails and prisons
- psychological autopsies for making
manner of death determinations
- ethical dilemmas encountered in
forensic psychiatry/psychology
- legal and ethical issues relating to
psychological/psychiatric practice
- mentally disabled offenders
- commitment to mental institutions
- Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- Co-editor of The Mental Health Professional and the Legal System:
New Directions for Mental Health Services (1982) and
Deinstitutionalization: Promise and Problems -- New Directions
for Mental Health Services (2001)
- Co-author of chapter "Criminalization of Persons with Severe Mental Illness" in the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 9th Edition (B.J. Sadock, V.A. Sadock and P. Ruiz, Eds.)
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For biographical information go to:
http://keck.usc.edu/profiles?facid=1256
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