Table 3.
Associations between studying structured forensic psychiatry educational modules and self-confidence to conduct forensic psychiatric evaluations.
| Self-confidence to conduct forensic psychiatric evaluations on cases related to: | Psychiatry Residency Training |
OR (95%CI) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studied a structured forensic psychiatry educational module n (%) | Did not study a structured forensic psychiatry educational module n (%) | |||
| Insanity defense in violence cases | ||||
| Confident, n (%) | 92 (73.6) | 70 (57.9) | 2.031 (1.187–3.475) | .009∗ |
| Not Confident, n (%) | 33 (26.4) | 51 (42.1) | ||
| Insanity defense | ||||
| Confident, n (%) | 89 (71.2) | 71 (58.7) | 1.741 (1.025–2.958) | .039∗ |
| Not Confident, n (%) | 36 (28.8) | 50 (41.3) | ||
| Fitness to stand trial | ||||
| Confident, n (%) | 70 (56) | 48 (39.7) | 1.936 (1.165–3.215) | .010∗ |
| Not Confident, n (%) | 55 (44) | 73 (60.3) | ||
| Malingering/malpractice | ||||
| Confident, n (%) | 72 (57.6) | 50 (41.3) | 1.929 (1.162–3.202) | .011∗ |
| Not Confident, n (%) | 53 (42.4) | 71 (58.7) | ||
| Fit to work/study | ||||
| Confident, n (%) | 86 (68.8) | 74 (61.2) | 1.401 (0.828–2.370) | .209 |
| Not Confident, n (%) | 39 (31.2) | 47 (38.8) | ||
| Capacity to consent to treatment/testamentary capacity | ||||
| Confident, n (%) | 73 (58.4) | 55 (45.5) | 1.685 (1.017–2.790) | .042∗ |
| Not Confident, n (%) | 52 (41.6) | 66 (54.5) | ||
| Risk of recidivism assessment | ||||
| Confident, n (%) | 68 (54.5) | 50 (41.3) | 1.694 (1.023–2.806) | .040∗ |
| Not Confident, n (%) | 57 (45.6) | 71 (58.7) | ||
| Guardianship/curatelle | ||||
| Confident, n (%) | 76 (60.8) | 58 (47.9) | 1.685 (1.016–2.795) | .043∗ |
| Not Confident, n (%) | 49 (39.2) | 63 (52.1) | ||
| Parenting capacity | ||||
| Confident, n (%) | 80 (64) | 60 (49.6) | 1.807 (1.085–3.011) | .022∗ |
| Not Confident, n (%) | 45 (36) | 61 (50.4) | ||
∗
p < .05.