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University of Pennsylvania Law School & Department of Psychiatry

Fictive Diagnostic Categories and Legal Relevance:  The Case of Involuntary Psychotropic Medication in Criminal Justice USC School of Law March 22, 2012 Stephen J. Morse, J.D., Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Law School & Department of Psychiatry. Outline

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University of Pennsylvania Law School & Department of Psychiatry

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  1. Fictive Diagnostic Categories and Legal Relevance:  The Case of Involuntary Psychotropic Medication in Criminal Justice USC School of Law March 22, 2012 Stephen J. Morse, J.D., Ph.D . University of Pennsylvania Law School & Department of Psychiatry

  2. Outline -The Thesis: Dx is Legally Irrelevant -The Validity of Psychiatric/Psychological Dx -The Legal Relevance of Dx Generally -The Case of Involuntary Psychotropic Medication in Criminal Justice -What’s the Harm of Dx in Law? -Conclusion

  3. “In the more than 30 years since the introduction of ...the criteria...which eventually led to DSM-III, the goal of validating these syndromes and discovering common etiologies has remained elusive. Despite many proposed candidates, not one laboratory marker has been found to be specific in identifying any of the DSM-defined syndromes. Epidemiological and clinical studies have shown extremely high co-morbidities among the disorders, undermining the hypothesis that the syndromes represent distinct etiologies. Furthermore, epidemiologic studies have shown a high degree of short-term diagnostic instability for many disorders. With regard to treatment, lack of treatment specificity is the rule rather than the exception (Kupfer et al, 2002).”

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