Scholarly Work
Accordion
- 2026 Presentations
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Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Grandma, Grandma, Help Me! Forensic Psychiatry and Scams” (presentation with Renee Sorrentino, MD, and Nora Douglas, MD, International Forensic Psychiatry Lecture Series presentation, McMaster University, Canada, 3/26)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Mothers Who Kill Their Children” (invited presentation at Universidade Lusofona, Lisbon, Portugal, 3/26)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Life sentences: Therapy with Violence Perpetrators” (planned symposium presentation with Dr Gwen Adshead, Jacob Appel, MD, JD, and Reena Kapoor, MD, at the World Congress of Psychotherapy, New York, 6/26)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Mothers who Kill Their Children: Motives, Mental Health, and Prevention” (invited grand rounds at Loyola Medical Center, 2/26)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Maternal Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System” (planned presentation with Wendell Odom, JD, at Postpartum Support International, legal education, virtual, 3/26)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Reproductive Psychiatry for Forensics” (planned invited presentation at SMI CalAdviser, American Psychiatric Association, virtual, 3/26)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Pink Collar Criminals” (planned invited presentation, at the Midwest American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law annual meeting, Charlotte, 3/26)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Postpartum Psychosis for Emergency Psychiatrists” (planned invited webinar with Meghan Cliffel, for American Association for Emergency Psychiatry, 3/26)
Abell, Sara M.D., Conditional Release. Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Case Conference. January 2026.
Noffsinger SG. Can Reasonable Persons Differ? Suicide Risk Assessment and Psychiatric Malpractice. Presented at the Seminar on Legal and Ethical Issues in Psychiatry, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry Center for Law, Ethics and Psychiatry, NY, NY 2/17/26 Virtual.
- 2025 Presentations
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Delusions and Criminal Behavior: Reality is in the Eye of the Beholder. Presentation at Psych Congress; San Diego, CA. Ashley VanDercar. 2025.
School Shooters: The Role of Clinicians in Attempting to Forestall Tragedy. Panel Presentation at the American Psychiatric Association, Annual Meeting; Los Angeles, CA. Ashley VanDercar, Charles Scott, Chandler Hicks. 2025.
Are they the Next School Shooter? Breaking the Silo to Assess Risk. Webinar for the Association of Professionals Solving the Abuse of Children, in partnership with The New York Foundling; Webinar Series on Controversial Topics. Ashley VanDercar. 2025.
Distinguishing Methamphetamine Induced Psychosis from Primary Psychosis: Techniques, Relevance, and Challenges. Workshop Presentation at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Annual Meeting; Boston, MA. Christopher Marett, Jason Barrett, Ashley VanDercar, Edward Lewis, Gregory Iannuzzi. 2025.
Psychological Autopsy: Suicide or Accident? Debate at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Annual Meeting; Boston, MA. Stephen Noffsinger, Ashley VanDercar, Ashley Maestas, Samuel Rosenblatt. 2025.
School Shooters: The Strengths and Limits of the Forensic Assessment. Panel Presentation at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Annual Meeting; Boston, MA. Ashley VanDercar, Phillip Resnick, Peter Ash. 2025.
Legal Update: Mental Health Case Law and Legislation and the Implications for Courts, Clinicians and Forensic Monitors. Panel Presentation for the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health, Forensic Mental Health Conference; Columbus, OH. Stephen Noffsinger, Ashley VanDercar, Joy Stankowski. 2025.
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Fatality Review: Forensic Psychiatry’s Role” (presentation with Joshua Friedman, MD, PhD, at International Forensic Psychiatry Lecture Series presentation, McMaster University, Canada, 2/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Child Murder by Parents: Motives, Mental Health Prevention, and the Law” (presentation at Royal Australia New Zealand College of Psychiatry, Forensic conference, Melbourne, Australia, 8/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Pink Collar Crime: More than just a Pretty Face” (presentation at Royal Australia New Zealand College of Psychiatry, Forensic conference, Melbourne, Australia, 8/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “The TRAP-18 Formulation of the Christchurch Mosque Attacker” (presentation with Yvette Kelly, MBChB, and Justin Barry-Walsh, MBChB, at Royal Australia New Zealand College of Psychiatry, Forensic conference, Melbourne, Australia, 8/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Infanticide: Maternal Mental Health, Motives, and Risk” (presentation with Angela Anson, MBChB, Cairns and Hinterlands Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, Australia, 8/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Gender Bias and Forensic Psychiatry” (presentation with Renee Sorrentino, MD, and Andrew Howie, MBChB, BD, at Safer Communities: Creating Better Outcomes for Justice-Involved People forensic conference, Prato, Tuscany, Italy, 9/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Child Murder by Mothers: Mamme Che Ucidino” (invited presentation I Casi Piu Complessi Della Psichiatria Forense, with Renee Sorrentino, MD, at University of Bologna, Italy, 9/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Aotearoa, New Zealand Mosque Attacks and Terrorism Risk Assessment” (presentation with Yvette Kelly, MBBS, and Justin Barry-Walsh, MBChB, International Forensic Psychiatry Lecture Series presentation, McMaster University, Canada, 10/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Firesetting and Forensic Psychiatry” (presentation with Renee Sorrentino, MD, and Ren Belcher, MD, International Forensic Psychiatry Lecture Series presentation, McMaster University, Canada, 11/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Mothers Who Kill: Motive and Mental Health” (invited CME presentation at Mason Clinic Forensic Psychiatry, Auckland, New Zealand, 12/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Abortion and the Psychiatrist: Practicing in Post-Dobbs America” (invited Grand Rounds presentation with Jacqueline Landess, MD, JD at University of Minnesota, 2/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Family Murder: Motive and Mental Health” (invited Grand Rounds presentation at University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 2/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Taking the Forensic Evaluation Online: Incels, Reddit, and Manifestos” (invited Grand Rounds presentation with Juliette Dupre, MD, and Camille Tastenhoye, MD, at University of Alberta, Canada, 2/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Psychiatry and Crime Fiction: From Hannibal Lecter to the Crane Brothers” (Grand Rounds presentation at Bronx Care Health System, New York, 2/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Superman and Psychiatry: How to Keep Hope Alive” (presentation with Ryan Hall, MD, Beesh Jain, MD, and Joshua Friedman, MD, PhD, at MegaCon Orlando, 2/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Battered Women Syndrome: Myths and Realities” (invited presentation, at the Midwest American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law annual meeting, Grand Rapids, 3/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. "Maternal Mental Health and Infanticide" (invited presentation for Forensic Psychiatry Lecture Series, Mt. Sinai Hospital, NYC, 4/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Unseen Burden: Mental Illness and Invisible Disabilities in Reproductive Rights Law” (invited presentation with Stephanie Hoffer, JD, Ruth Coler, JD, and Jasmine Harris, JD at Reproductive Rights Law Initiative’s Radical Inclusion at the DisCO: Reproductive Justice is Disability Justice Conference, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 4/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Forensic Psychiatrists in Crime Fiction and Public Perception: Silences of Both Lambs and Patients” (presentation at PCA/ACA Conference, New Orleans, 4/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “(Mis) Representations of Psychiatry in Film” (invited presentation at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, Los Angeles, 5/25, with Dennis Palumbo, and Francis Liu, MD)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “What is Mandated? Ethical and Medicolegal Quandaries in Child Abuse Reporting” (invited presentation at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, Los Angeles, 5/25, with Meghan Musselman, MD, Tanya Bodnar, MD, Selena Magalotti, MD, and Joshua Friedman, MD, PhD)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “We’ve Noticed Some Unusual Activity on Your Account: Mental Wellness and the True Cost of Scams” (presentation at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, Los Angeles, 5/25, with John Sanitato, MD, Nora Douglas, MD, and Renee Sorrentino, MD)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Secret Lives of… Therapists: Reality TV vs. Reality Psychiatry” (presentation at DePaul University Pop Culture Conference: Reading Reality TV, Chicago, 5/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Smoke Screens: Mental Health Defenses in Fire Setting Behavior” (presentation at the International Association for Firesetting Intervention, Research, and Education (iFIRE) Conference, Boston, 5/25, with Renee Sorrentino, MD, and Ren Belcher, MD)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Mental Illness and Child Maltreatment: Reality vs. Misconceptions” (presentation with Joshua Friedman, MD, PhD, at American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children APSAC Annual Colloquium, New Orleans, 6/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Junction of Maternal Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System” (presentation with Wendell Odom, JD, at Postpartum Support International, legal education, virtual, 7/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Women Behind Bars: Psychiatry, Pregnancy, and Motherhood” (invited grand rounds, University of Florida Health, Jacksonville, Florida, 8/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Myths and Realities for Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Corrections” (invited grand rounds, Riverside CA, 9/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “The Salem Witch Trials: Lessons for Modern Day Forensic Psychiatry” (invited evening panel with Renee Sorrentino, MD, Fernando Espi Forcen, MD, PhD, and Andrew Howie, MBChB, BD, at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law annual meeting, Boston, 10/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Hormones and Forensic Psychiatry” (presentation with Nina Ross, MD, Richard Seeber, MD, and Renee Sorrentino, MD, at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law annual meeting, Boston, 10/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “’Grandma, I Need Your Help!’: Scams, Scammers, and Forensic Psychiatry” (presentation with Renee Sorrentino, MD, John Sanitato, MD, and Nora Douglas, MD, at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law annual meeting, Boston, 10/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “What is Mandated? Ethical and Medicolegal Quandaries in Child Abuse Reporting” (presentation with Meghan Musselman, MD, Tanya Bodnar, MD, Selena Magalotti, MD, and Joshua Friedman, MD, PhD, at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law annual meeting, Boston, 10/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Child Murder by Mothers: Motive, Mental Illness, and Public Health” (invited presentation, University of New Mexico, 11/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Reproductive Psychiatry: Maternal Mental Health” (invited presentation, HCA Healthcare, 11/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Infanticide: Motives and Mental Health” (invited Grand Rounds presentation, Tufts University, Boston, 11/25)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Postpartum Psychosis: Rapid Evolution, Pharmacology, and Risks” (presentation at National Update on Behavioral Emergencies Conference, American Association for Emergency Psychiatry, New Orleans, 12/25)
Abell, Sara M.D., Suicide and Violence Risk Assessment. Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. December 2025.
Abell, Sara M.D., Suicide and Violence Risk Assessment. Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. August 2025.
Huselid A, McBride A, Pickett J, Noffsinger S. A Teen on Trial: Peer Review of Evidence, Ethics and Effective Testimony. Presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Boston, MA 10/30/25.
Kapoor R, Martinez R, Gulrajani C, Landess J, Noffsinger S. Toward a Fair and Transparent Fellowship Recruitment Process. Presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Boston, MA 11/1/25.
Noffsinger SG, VanDercar A, Maestas A, Rosenblatt S. Psychological Autopsy: Suicide or Accident? Presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Boston, MA 11/1/25.
Noffsinger SG, VanDercar A, Stankowski J. Legal Update: Mental Health Case Law and Legislation and the Implications for Courts, Clinicians and Forensic Monitors. Presented at the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health 2025 Ohio Forensic Mental Health Conference, Columbus, OH 11/7/25.
- 2024 Presentations
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The Legal versus Moral Wrongfulness Dilemma in Criminal Responsibility Evaluations. Workshop Presentation at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Annual Meeting; Vancouver, BC. Stephen Noffsinger, Ashley VanDercar, Monika Pietrzak, James Zinko. 2024.
How to Navigate the Ethics of Diagnostic Uncertainty. Presentation at Psych Congress, Elevate; Las Vegas, NV. Ashley VanDercar. 2024.
Shedd M, Glomski A, Noffsinger SG. Psychiatric Malpractice – A Primer for the General Psychiatrist. Presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, New York, NY, 5/4/24.
Noffsinger SG. “But I Had to Do It!” Evaluating the Duress Defense. Presented at American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law – AAPL Expert Series (virtual), 7/12/24.
Noffsinger S, VanDercar A, Zinko J, Pietrzak M. The Legal versus Moral Wrongfulness Dilemma in Criminal Responsibility Evaluations. Presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 10/24/24.
Noffsinger S, Bodnar T, Glomski A, Gill, G. The Death Penalty: Capital Sentencing Factors and Exemptions. Presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 10/27/24.
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Women Behind Bars: Mental Illness, Pregnancy, and Mothering” (International Forensic Psychiatry Lecture Series presentation, McMaster University, Canada, 6/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “International Updates in Maternal Infanticide and Neonaticide: Recent Uses of DNA Evidence in Cold-Cases of Neonaticide” (panel presentation chairperson with Joshua Friedman, MD, PhD, Alessandra Bramante, PhD, and Renee Sorrentino, MD, at International Marce Society meeting, Barcelona, 9/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Sessio extraordinaria: Forensic Psychiatry; Child Murder by Mothers: Mental Illness, Motives, and Prevention” (presentation with Renee Sorrentino, MD, at Catalan Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health/ Societat Catalana de Psiquiatria I Salut Mental, Barcelona, Catalon, 9/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Watching Bad Women: Portrayals of Female Violence” (panel with Juliette Dupre, MD, Kathleen Kruse, MD, Cathleen Cerny, MD, and Karen Rosenbaum, MD, at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law annual meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 10/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Playing with Fire: Deliberate Firesetting Behavior” (panel with Renee Sorrentino, MD, Ren Belcher, MD, and Kaitlyn Peretti, PsyD, at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law annual meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 10/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Personal, Clinical, and Forensic Perspectives on Postpartum Psychosis” (presentation with Meghan Cliffel, MST, International Forensic Psychiatry Lecture Series presentation, McMaster University, Canada, 12/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “What Psychiatrists Need to Know about Pregnancy Termination” (invited grand rounds presentation with Nina Ross, MD, at Phoenixville Hospital, Pennsylvania, 1/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Til All Are One: From Carl Jung to Rung” (presentation with Ryan Hall, MD, at MegaCon Orlando, 2/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Teaching Psychopathology in a Galaxy Far, Far Away” (presentation with Ryan Hall, MD, and Joshua Friedman, MD, PhD, at MegaCon Orlando, 2/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Women Behind Bars: Psychiatric Disorders, Pregnancy, and Mothering” (invited presentation, at the Midwest American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law annual meeting, Milwaukee, 3/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Representations of Infanticide and Maternal Mental Health in Popular Culture: Law & Order SVU” (presentation at the PCA/ACA Conference, Chicago, 3/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Child Murder by Mothers: Motive, Mental Illness, and Public Perception” (presentation with Renee Sorrentino, MD, and Joshua Friedman, MD, PhD at the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology annual meeting, Denver, 3/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Treating for Two: Perinatal Mental Healthcare in Correctional Settings and Iterative Models to Dyadic Separation” (presentation with Renee Sorrentino, MD, and Pari Nouri, MD, MPH, at the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology annual meeting, Denver, 3/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Reproductive Psychiatry” (invited presentation at Florida Psychiatric Society annual meeting, Orlando, 4/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “The Elephant in the Room: A Guide to Understanding Bestiality” (presentation with Renee Sorrentino, MD, Det. John Allgire, and Joshua Friedman, MD, PhD, at Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers annual meeting, 4/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Does Psychiatry Need a New Epistemology?” (presentation with Andrew Howie, MBChB, Philip Candilis, MD, and Kiri Prentice, MBChB, at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, New York City, 5/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Medical Aid in Dying: International and Local Perspectives” (presentation with Jacob Appel, MD, JD, and Gary Cheung, MBChB, at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, New York City, 5/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “IMPROV-ing the Psychiatric Interview” (presentation with Nina Ross, MD, Karen Rosenbaum, MD, Katie Kruse, MD, and Camille Tastenhoye, MD, at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, New York City, 5/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Breaking the Stigma: The Psychiatrist’s Role in Sex Offender Treatment” (presentation with Renee Sorrentino, MD, and Abhishek Jain, MD, at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, New York City, 5/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Postpartum Psychosis: Understanding the Diagnosis and its Intersection with the Justice System” (invited presentation at Portland Law and Mental Health annual conference, Portland, 6/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Ask The Expert: Webinar on Forensic Psychiatry” (invited presentation for COFFIN: College OF Felony and Intrigue, Romance Writers of America, 6/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Child Murder by Mothers: Mental Health and Motives” (invited presentation for Reproductive Psychiatry Trainees, national virtual, 9/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Child Murder by Parents” (invited workshop presentation for Michigan Center for Forensic Psychiatry, 9/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “From Professor Plum to the Doctors Crane: Psychiatrist Representations in Comedy” (presentation at the PCAS/ACA Conference, Greenville, 10/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Stalking: Motives and Prevention” (invited workshop presentation for Michigan Center for Forensic Psychiatry, 11/24)
Hatters Friedman, Susan. “Pregnancy and Parenting for Women Behind Bars” (invited presentation at the Mental Health Equity Grand Rounds Series, Iowa Healthcare Department of Psychiatry, 11/24)