Past Lectures from 2025
Dr. Gillian Munro
Hummingbird Lodge: An Approach to the Management of Complex Trauma in Women Involved in the Forensic Mental Health System
Dr. Simon Hackett
Case Closed, Then What? Long-Term Developmental Outcome for Children and Youth Who Present with Harmful Sexual Behaviours
Dr. Lindsay Thomson
Optimising Mental Healthcare for People in Prison: Recipes for Care and Research in This Setting
Dr. Kaitlyn McLachlan
Breaking Barriers: Understanding FASD in Forensic Mental Health Services
Dr. Ilvy Goossens
Decoding Risk: Effective Communication Strategies in Forensic and Risk Assessment
Dr. Najat Khalifa
Supported Employment for Justice-Involved Individuals with Mental Disorders: Pitfalls and Challenges
Dr. Elizabeth Coleman
Advancing Quality in Forensic Psychiatry: Implementing Standards and Measurement-Based Care
Dr. Michiel de Vries Robbé
Feasible Risk Screening for violence and criminality in adults and youth with the RS-V and RS-Y. Why, when, for whom, and does it work?
Dr. Lori Triano
Interactions with an NCR Accused: Lessons from a Victim and a City that Responded
Drs. Treena Wilkie & Sumeeta Chatterjee
Health and Human Resources in Forensic Psychiatry: Current Challenges and Future Directions
Drs. Susan Hatters-Friedman & Joshua Friedman
Fatality Review Teams: A Public Health Role for Forensics
Dr. John Bradford
I know where you live…..Psychopathology and Risk Management of Stalking Behaviour
Past Lectures from 2024
Dr. Jens Binder
Mental Health Status as Inhibiting and Facilitating Radicalization and Terrorist Offending
Dr. Jill Levenson
Translating Trauma-Informed Care Concepts into Forensic Mental Health Practice
Lee Chapelle
Overview of the Canadian Justice & Correctional system from Inside & Out
Drs. Emma Hamilton, Collin Shumate & Matthew Motley
Neither Gangs Nor Stalking: A review of “Gang Stalking” allegations in the US Federal Court System
Drs. Shoshanna Must & Ivan Kruh
Assessment of Inappropriate Sexual Behavior in Adolescents
Dr. Eric Beauregard
The Last Taboo? A Criminological Analysis of Sexual Victimization of the Elderly
Dr. Vincenzo Di Nicola
Lay Not Thine Hand Upon the Lad: The Importance of Childhood Trauma for Forensic Science
Dr. Nicole Prause
Risks of Modern Anti-Masturbation Movements on Young Men: Studies of NoFap and Karezza
Dr. Gwenda Willis
Predicting Sexual Offence Recidivism Through a Protective Factors Lens: Recent Findings Using the Structured Assessment of PROtective Factors against Sexual Offending (SAPROF-SO)
Drs. Thomas Schulze, Daniela Mier, Jan Bulla, & Kerstin Schlogl-Flierl
Genetic research in forensic psychiatry: an interdisciplinary German perspective
Dr. Bushra Khan
Gendered – Examining the Differential Perceptions of Women from Female Learners to Expert Witnesses
Dr. Mark Griffiths
Myths and Controversies in the Behavioural Addiction Field: A Personal Overview
Dr. Bella Acosta Arias
Pursuit of Justice: Mapping the Future Landscape of Forensic Psychiatry
Dr. John Bradford
The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry: Guidelines for the Pharmacological Treatment of the Paraphilic Disorders
Dr. Jill Stinson
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Difficulties with Self-regulation in Persons Who Have Engaged in Violent and Sexually Abusive Behaviours
Dr. Heather Moulden
Communicating About Child Sexual Abuse: From Awareness to Action
Dr. David Thornton
Theoretical and Empirical Issues in the Use of Protective Factors in Managing Risk of Sex Recidivism
Ms. Katie Gotch
Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice: Maximizing Outcomes through Research
Past Lectures from 2023
Dr. Brian Holoyda
Psychedelics and Forensic Psychiatry: A Trip Through History, Research, and Perilous Policy
Dr. Alfredo Calcedo
The UN Convention for the Protection of Rights of People with Disabilities: A New Conundrum in Clinical Psychiatry
Ms. Shayne Kert and Dr. Gary Chaimowitz
The 2337km Gap: Providing Forensic Psychiatric Services in and for Nunavut
Dr. Susan Hatters-Friedman
Beyond Hannibal Lecter: Psychiatric Representations in Crime Fiction and Stigmatization
Dr. Ainslie Heasman
Talking for Change: Child Sexual Abuse Perpetration Prevention in Canada
Dr. John Bradford
Detained by the State: A Blip in the History of [Forensic] Psychiatry
Dr. Kieran McCartan
Recent Recommendations from the Council of Europe on the Assessment, Treatment and Integration of People Convicted of a Sexual Abuse
Drs. Gary Chaimowitz, John Bradford, Heather Moulden and Sebastien Prat
Interrogating Risk Assessment: A Round Table Discussion
Dr. Y. Hasan Balcioglu
An Overview of the Forensic Psychiatry Practice in Turkey: A Challenging Albeit Promising System Towards an Advanced Position
Dr. Mark Kaggwa
Peer Mental Support Teams: A unique Approach to Correctional Psychiatry in Low Income Settings
Dr. Peter Collins
Recovered Memory, False Memory, and their Impact on Homicide Investigations
Dr. Vincenzo Di Nicola
Child, Family & Social Psychiatric Perspectives on Forensic Psychiatry
Dr. Corine de Ruiter
Strengths-based Approaches to Risk Assessment and Offender Rehabilitation
Past Lectures from 2022
Mr. Craig Fraser and
Mr. Andrew McLean
Getting Really High and Doing Bad Things – The Chan Case Revisited
Dr. Ivan Zinger
Mental Health and Human Rights: Perspective of the Federal Prison Ombuds of Canada
Dr. Christian Joyal
Using Sexual Fantasies to Evaluate the Risks of Acting Out: Pitfalls and Potentials
Dr. Howard Ryland
Welcome to the FORUM: A New Patient and Clinician Reported Outcome Measure for Forensic Mental Health Services
Dr. Colleen Dell
Why Is There a Dog in My Office? Answers to This and Other Important Questions for Individuals Work in the Forensic Field
Dr. Sebastien Prat
Involuntary Psychiatric Admissions: What Can We Learn from the French experience?
Dr. Treena Wilkie and
Suraya Faziluddin
Implementation of a Cultural Formulation Tool in Forensic Services
Dr. Andrew Olagunju, Dr. Liam Marshall and Dr. John Bradford
Panel Discussion: The Future of Forensic Psychiatry Research
Dr. Zain Chagl
COVID-19 In Forensic and Jailed Populations: A Focus on Epidemiology and Risk Mitigation
Dr. James Ogloff
The Long-Term Effects of Child Sexual Abuse: Social, Psychological and Criminological Sequelae
Dr. Gerard Drennan
Restorative Justice in Forensic Mental Health – Right or Rehabilitation?
Dr. Lawrence Ellerby
Lessons Learned: Working with a Blended Treatment/Healing Approach for Indigenous People in the Criminal Justice System
Dr. Michael Daffern
Violence Prevention with the Electronic Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression (eDASA) + Aggression Prevention Protocol (APP)
Dr. Percy Wright
Malingering: Detecting, Assessing, Accepting and Integrating into Forensic Practice – Part 2
Dr. Jon Taylor
Compassion, Callousness and Cruelty: Human Responses to Human Distress. Using Compassion Focused Therapy to Cultivate Helpful Human Responses
Dr. Colin Cameron
Mental health Services in Corrections: Can We Ever Get It Right? Experience and Initiatives from Correctional Service Canada
Dr. Kevin Nunes
Evaluative Attitudes Toward Violence: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Relationship with Violent Behaviour
Dr. Jennifer Chandler
A Legal Perspective on Autism Spectrum Disorder in Canadian Criminal Cases
Dr. Stephanie Penney
Innovations in Violence Risk Assessment: What Aviation Can Teach Us About Assessing and Managing Risk for Rare and Serious Outcomes
Dr. Percy Wright
Malingering: Detecting, Assessing, Accepting and Integrating into Forensic Practice – Part 2
Dr. Chris Webster
Classic Literature Staking Out an Artful Bid to Fortify the Science of Violence Risk Assessment and Management
Dr. Andrew Olagunju
Addressing the Gaps in Mental and Behavioural Health Services for Incarcerated individuals in Nigeria
Dr. Skye Stephen
Overcoming Barriers to the Development and Implementation of Secondary Prevention Services for People Sexually Attracted to Children
Dr. Krystle Martin
The Bias Cascade Effect: Investigating the Impact of Cognitive Bias in Documentation in the Forensic Mental Health System
Past Lectures from 2021
Dr. Michael Perlin
Understanding the Intersection Between International Human Rights and Mental Disability Law: The Role of Dignity
Dr. Margaret McKinnon
Moral Injury in Special Populations Including Military Members and Veterans, First Responders, Healthcare Workers and Individuals Deemed NCR
Dr. Giovanni de Girolamo
The EU-VIORMED Project: A Multinational Study of Forensic Psychiatry in Five European Countries. An Overview of Study Results
Dr. Caroline Logan
The Role of Formulation in Gender-based Risk Assessment and Management
Dr. Lindsay Thomson
The Right to be Fat in Forensic Mental Health Services – morbidity and mortality in forensic patients
Dr. Emily Gottfried
Sexually Violent Predator Acts and the Use of PPG in Sexual Behaviour Evaluations
Dr. Hy Bloom
Perspective Bias: The Challenges of Being a Psychiatric Expert In the Days of Increasingly Knowledgeable and Suspicious Lawyers, and More Effective Judicial Gatekeepers
Dr. Vivienne de Vogel
Violent Women in Forensic Psychiatry — Are Gender-Specific Approaches to Risk Assessment and Treatment Needed?
Dr. Gary Chaimowitz
and Dr. Mini Mamak
eHARM — The Next Frontier in Risk Assessment — Big Data?
Dr. Alana Cook
Canadian Judicial Opinions of Expert Evidence on Violence Risk Assessment
Dr. Peter Collin
Incel: How an Online Subculture Has Led to Violence Against Women and Its Association with Suicidal Behaviour, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Extremism
Dr. Drew Kingston
Best Practices in the Assessment and Diagnosis of Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder
Dr. Philip Klassen
and Ms. Dana Peterson
What Do R. v Sullivan and R. v Chan Mean for Substance-Induced Psychosis?
Dr. Grainne Neilson
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Where Should Psychiatry Go From Here?
Mr. Devon Watts
Predictive Machine Learning Models in Forensic Psychiatry: Applications and Challenges
Past Lectures from 2020
Dr. Joseph Penn
Practicing Correctional Psychiatry Behind the Bars and Razor Wire: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Richard Tremblay
Developmental Origins of Human Aggression: A Bio-Psycho-Social Model and Prevention Implications
Dr. Michiel de Vries Robbe
Protective Factors and the Value of Looking at Strengths in Forensic Practice
Dr. Sean Kaliski
Forensic Mental Health in South Africa: Where There Is Recovery and Not Much Risk Assessment
Mr. Jeff Manishen
The Criminal Justice System Only Wants Unbiased, Impartial, Independent Forensic Psychiatrists – And There’s No Controversy Here
Crown Counsel Craig Fraser and Deputy Crown Attorney Andrew McLean
Getting Really High and Doing Bad Things: Daviault Revisited