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Ira K Packer PhD

TitleProfessor Emeritus
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
AddressWorcester Recovery Center & Hospital
309 Belmont Street
Worcester MA 01604
Phone508-856-8747
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences


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    Columbia University, New York, NY, United StatesBAPsychology
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesMAPsychology
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesPHDClinical Psychology
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    2007Distinguished Contribution to Forensic Psychology, American Academy of Forensic Psychology

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    1. Kois LE, Murrie DC, Gowensmith WN, Packer IK. A Public Health Perspective to Reform the Competence to Stand Trial System. Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Dec 01; 74(12):1289-1290. PMID: 37070263.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    2. Murrie DC, Gowensmith WN, Kois LE, Packer IK. Evaluations of competence to stand trial are evolving amid a national "competency crisis". Behav Sci Law. 2023 Sep-Oct; 41(5):310-325. PMID: 37056195.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Holliday SB, Pace NM, Gowensmith N, Packer I, Murrie D, Virani A, Han B, Hunter SB. Estimating the Size of the Los Angeles County Jail Mental Health Population Appropriate for Release into Community Services. Rand Health Q. 2021 Aug; 9(2):7. PMID: 34484879.
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    4. Kaempf AC, Baxter P, Packer IK, Pinals DA. Gender and the experience of mental health expert witness testimony. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2015 Mar; 43(1):52-9. PMID: 25770280.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Guy LS, Kusaj C, Packer IK, Douglas KS. Influence of the HCR-20, LS/CMI, and PCL-R on decisions about parole suitability among lifers. Law Hum Behav. 2015 Jun; 39(3):232-43. PMID: 25365474.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. 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. PMID: 15292536.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Fisher WH, Normand SL, Dickey B, Packer IK, Grudzinskas AJ, Azeni H. Managed mental health care's effects on arrest and forensic commitment. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2004 Jan-Feb; 27(1):65-77. PMID: 15019768.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Fisher WH, Packer IK, Banks SM, Smith D, Simon LJ, Roy-Bujnowski K. Self-reported lifetime psychiatric hospitalization histories of jail detainees with mental disorders: comparison with a non-incarcerated national sample. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2002 Nov; 29(4):458-65. PMID: 12404939.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Fisher WH, Dickey B, Normand SL, Packer IK, Grudzinskas AJ, Azeni H. Use of a state inpatient forensic system under managed mental health care. Psychiatr Serv. 2002 Apr; 53(4):447-51. PMID: 11919358.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
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