Debra Pinals MD
Title Associate Professor
Institution University of Massachusetts Medical School
Department Psychiatry
Address Worcester State Hospital
305 Belmont Street
Worcester MA 01604
Telephone 612-626-8071
Publications
1. Hartwell SW, Deng X, Fisher W, Fulwiler C, Sambamoorthi U, Johnson C, Pinals DA, Sampson L, Siegfriedt J. Harmonizing databases? Developing a quasi-experimental design to evaluate a public mental health re-entry program. Eval Program Plann. 2012 Nov; 35(4):461-72.
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2. Christopher PP, Arikan R, Pinals DA, Fisher WH, Appelbaum PS. Evaluating psychiatric disability: differences by forensic expertise. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2011; 39(2):183-8.
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3. Pinals DA. Ready or not, here it comes: maintenance of certification. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2011; 39(3):294-6.
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4. Pinals DA. Veterans and the justice system: the next forensic frontier. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2010; 38(2):163-7.
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5. LeBourgeois HW, Pinals DA, Williams V, Appelbaum PS. Hindsight bias among psychiatrists. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2007; 35(1):67-73.
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6. Mossman D, Noffsinger SG, Ash P, Frierson RL, Gerbasi J, Hackett M, Lewis CF, Pinals DA, Scott CL, Sieg KG, Wall BW, Zonana HV. AAPL Practice Guideline for the forensic psychiatric evaluation of competence to stand trial. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2007; 35(4 Suppl):S3-72.
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7. Byatt N, Pinals D, Arikan R. Involuntary hospitalization of medical patients who lack decisional capacity: an unresolved issue. Psychosomatics. 2006 Sep-Oct; 47(5):443-8.
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8. Sattar SP, Pinals DA, Din AU, Appelbaum PS. To commit or not to commit: the psychiatry resident as a variable in involuntary commitment decisions. Acad Psychiatry. 2006 May-Jun; 30(3):191-5.
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9. Pinals DA, Tillbrook CE, Mumley DL. Practical application of the MacArthur competence assessment tool-criminal adjudication (MacCAT-CA) in a public sector forensic setting. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2006; 34(2):179-88.
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10. Vermette HS, Pinals DA, Appelbaum PS. Mental health training for law enforcement professionals. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2005; 33(1):42-6.
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11. Pinals DA. Forensic psychiatry fellowship training: developmental stages as an educational framework. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2005; 33(3):317-23.
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12. Pinals DA, Packer IK, Fisher W, Roy-Bujnowski K. Relationship between race and ethnicity and forensic clinical triage dispositions. Psychiatr Serv. 2004 Aug; 55(8):873-8.
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13. Mester R, Pinals D. Comparing aspects of mental health legislation of Israel and Massachusetts. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2004; 41(2):133-9.
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14. Sattar SP, Pinals DA, Gutheil TG. Countering countertransference, II: beyond evaluation to cross-examination. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2004; 32(2):148-54.
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15. Sattar SP, Pinals DA. When taking medications is a sin. Psychiatr Serv. 2002 Feb; 53(2):213-4.
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16. Sattar SP, Pinals DA, Gutheil T. Countering countertransference: a forensic trainee's dilemma. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2002; 30(1):65-9; discussion 70-3.
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17. Pinals DA, Gutheil TG. Sanctity, secrecy, and silence: dilemmas in clinical confidentiality. Psychiatr Ann. 2001 Feb; 31(2):113-8.
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18. Siegel DM, Grudzinskas AJ, Pinals DA. Old law meets new medicine: revisiting involuntary psychotropic medication of the criminal defendant. Wis L Rev. 2001; 2:307-80.
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19. Pinals DA, Appelbaum PS. The history and current status of competence and informed consent in psychiatric research. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2000; 37(2):82-94.
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20. Pinals DA, Buckley PF. Novel antipsychotic agents and their implications for forensic psychiatry. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 1999; 27(1):7-22.
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21. Pinals DA, Malhotra AK, Breier A, Pickar D. Informed consent in schizophrenia research. Psychiatr Serv. 1998 Feb; 49(2):244.
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Keywords   
Forensic Psychiatry
Prisoners
Mental Competency
Psychiatry
Crime
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Co-Authors  
Arikan, Rasim
Fisher, William
Grudzinskas, Albert
Mumley, Denise
Packer, Ira
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McGarry, David
Vawter, Lina
Flannery, Raymond
Nuzhat, Syeda
Tran, Tuong

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