I.        Prevalence of Mental Disease in Death Row Population

 II.       Barriers to Recognizing Mental Disease

A.      Normalizing the Behavior

B.      Mental Illness is not tangible

C.      Behaviors that to a layperson are Ajust the way s/he is@ to a clinician are symptomatic of mental illness

D.      Client has learned to hide his(her) symptoms

E.      Client Issues

III.      Legal Issues Related to Mental Disease

A.      Competency: Statement; Trial; Plead

B.      Diminished Capacity

C.      NGRI

D.      Rehabilitation

E.      Rebuttal to Aggravating Circumstances

F.       Statutory & Non-Statutory Mitigation

IV.     Strategic Use of Mental Health Evidence

A.      Humanize the Client

B.      Place client=s life and the crime in context

C.      Help in Negotiation

D.      Integrated Guilt & Penalty Phase Theme

V.      Competent Mental Health Evaluation

A.      Thorough Social History   

B.      Multiaxial Assessment

C.      Choosing your experts

D.      Interdisciplinary Team

E.      Testing

VI.     Diagnosis

A.      Do you want a Diagnosis?

B.      DSM IV-TR

C.      Personality Disorders

D.      Trauma

E.      Schizophrenia        

F.       Bipolar Disorder               

G.      Delusional Disorders

H.      Dissociative Disorders

I.        FAS/FAE

J.       Exposure to Lead and Other Neurotoxins

K.      Organicity

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