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Psychiatry, the Law, and Depravity: Profile of Michael Welner, M.D. Chairman, The Forensic Panel

Psychiatry, the Law, and Depravity: Profile of Michael Welner, M.D. Chairman, The Forensic Panel

By Katherine Ramsland
CrimeLibrary.com

Dr. Michael Welner, noted forensic psychiatrist and expert on criminal and deviant behavior, joined forces with truTV on 'Inside the Criminal Mind'. The show featured a chilling interview with Joseph Paul Franklin, a serial killer and an icon among white supremacists.

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Expert Looks Behind Mohammed's Confessions
ABC News

Expert Looks Behind Mohammed's Confessions ABC News

ABC News

Accused terror mastermind makes sensational claims. What conclusions can be drawn as to their truth?

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Validity testing in dually diagnosed posttraumatic stress disorder and mild traumatic brain injury

By Dr. Manfred Greiffenstein
The Clinical Neuropsychologist

Prospects for the coexistence of post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) rely exclusively on subjective evidence, increasing the risk of response bias in a compensatable social context. Using a priori specificities derived from genuine brain disorder groups, we examined validity failure rates in three domains (symptom, cognitive, motor) in 799 persons reporting persistent subjective disability long after mild neurological injury.

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Psychiatrist's Criticism Helped Change Direction of News Coverage

Psychiatrist's Criticism Helped Change Direction of News Coverage

ABC News

It's Time to Focus on Studying a Crime's Consequences, Not the Criminal's Bravado, Says Dr. Michael Welner

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Chief Medical Examiner Sees Role as 'Voice for Voiceless'

Chief Medical Examiner Sees Role as 'Voice for Voiceless'

By Jim Borg
Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Dr. Kanthi de Alwis acts as teacher, grief counselor and scientist in her case work.

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Classifying Crimes by Severity: From Aggravators to Depravity

Classifying Crimes by Severity: From Aggravators to Depravity

By Michael Welner, M.D.

Crime classification, indeed this manual, underlines the oft-overlooked reality that each murder, rape, arson, and other criminal act distinguishes itself. Contract killing is quite obviously different from sexual homicide, for example.

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