Here is a sample of some of the great speakers and topics that have been presented with the International Forensic Psychiatry Lecture Series.




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. Chris Webster
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

