Assessing and Treating Co-Morbid Psychiatric Illnesses in the Sex Offender Civil Commitment Population
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Training Description
Some individuals who sexually offend also suffer from serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorders, schizophrenia and other mood disorders. Some have a co-existing paraphilic disorder and a serious mental illness. When this occurs, the treatment team faces certain challenges in assessing and managing these patients in inpatient settings and in outpatient settings.
In this 1.5-hour presentation, Dr. Stanislaus will help the audience understand the challenges in diagnosing paraphilic disorders in individuals suffering from serious mental illnesses such as Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia. There are also challenges in managing these patients in an inpatient sex offender treatment setting, which will be discussed with some possible suggestions for their management. The role of medications in managing the psychiatric conditions and its effect on sexual functioning will be discussed. The challenges in supervising these individuals in the community will be discussed.
Trainer Biography
Angeline Stanislaus, MD is a board-certified forensic psychiatrist with extensive experience in treatment of sex offenders who also suffer from co-morbid psychiatric illnesses. She worked as the treatment psychiatrist in civil commitment sex offender treatment programs in Illinois and in Missouri for nearly 10 years. In addition, she has extensive experience conducting sex offender risk assessments. Currently, she is the Chief Medical Director- Adult Services at Missouri Department of Mental Health.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to…
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- Identify the challenges in diagnosing paraphilic disorders in individuals suffering from serious mental illnesses such as Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia
- Describe how to manage sexual behaviors in those with mental illness
- Identify the challenges in treating both the conditions
- Identify the challenges in community supervision of such patients