Services

The breadth and depth of providers’ expertise enable YPEN to evaluate individuals and consult in a wide range of criminal and civil legal matters.

For large or complex cases, such as class action litigation, experts can be assembled into cross-specialty teams.

The list below includes examples of common evaluation types for which YPEN can provide expertise. If you need an expert on a topic not listed, please contact us.

• Psychiatric Disability
• Fitness for Duty
• Testamentary Capacity
• Contractual Capacity
• Testimonial Capacity
• PTSD and Emotional Distress
• Immigration/Asylum Evaluations
• Psychiatric/Psychological Malpractice – Inpatient, Outpatient, Residential, Correctional Settings
• Child Custody
• Employment - Wrongful Termination and Retaliation
• Sex-, Gender-, Ethnicity-, Race-, or Age-Based Discrimination/Harassment/Abuse
• Excessive Use of Force by Police
• Boundary Violations in Mental Healthcare
• Wrongful Death from Suicide or Harmful Prescribing of Psychiatric Medication

• Competency to Stand Trial
• State of Mind (i.e., insanity defense)
• Pre-sentencing Evaluations, including Death Penalty
• Habeas corpus Evaluations
• Problematic Sexual Behavior Evaluations (child and adult)
• Violence Risk Assessment and Management
• Brain Injury and Criminal Behavior
• Autism and Criminal Behavior
• Intellectual Disability and Criminal Behavior
• Dementia and Criminal Behavior

YPEN experts are experienced evaluators and monitors of mental health services in forensic settings such as jails, prisons, forensic hospitals, competency to stand trial systems, and community forensic programs. They can also help forensic mental health systems develop new programs or enhance their quality of care.

Common areas of consultation include:

• Evaluating the quality of mental health treatment in prisons/jails
• Developing standards for mental health treatment in prisons/jails
• Evaluating the quality of care for inpatient, outpatient, and residential forensic mental healthcare settings
• Implementing violence risk assessment/management programs in mental health systems or other workplace settings
• Addressing systemic challenges with Competence to Stand Trial (e.g., wait times, outpatient restoration programs)
• Developing policy and legislation for firearm access in individuals with mental illness