Institute of Living Introduces Forensic Psychiatry Program

Hartford Hospital’s Institute of Living (IOL) launched a forensic psychiatry program, offering expertise in a variety of civil, criminal and legislative areas.

The Forensic Consultation Service provides competency-to-stand-trial evaluations, disability assessments, fitness-for-duty evaluations, criminal state-of-mind evaluations, assessments of sex offenders, determination of testamentary capacities, immigration and asylum evaluations and independent evaluations of Habeas Corpus petitions.

Civil claims cases will make up the bulk of the new service’s workload, but services will eventually expand to include more work in criminal cases, offering psychiatric expertise and other services to law enforcement or prosecutors conducting investigations.