Entries tagged with “American Psychiatric Association”
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,Feb 24, 2023
MENTAL ILLNESS: President of the Tennessee Psychiatric Association Urges Halt to Death Penalty for Mentally Ill Defendants
In an op-ed in The Tennessean, Dr. Keith Caruso, President of the Tennessee Psychiatric Association, shared the reasons behind the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) opposition to capital punishment for those with severe mental illness. He noted that in July 2020, the APA released a position statement aimed at protecting those with severe mental illness and disabilities, stating: “There should be a moratorium on capital punishment in the United States until jurisdictions seeking to…