title: Behavioral Genetics and the Forensic Mental Health Provider: An Overview.
abstract: The area of behavioral genetics has sufficiently entered the area of forensic mental health work that providers should have some working knowledge of the strengths and limitations of these exciting technical advances. Using MAOA as an example, this essay reviews some of the recurring themes in forensic behavioral genetics and suggests additional ways in which the technology might be used in legal matters.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychiatry, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, IU Health Neuroscience Center Goodman Hall, 355 West 16th Street, Suite 2800, Indianapolis, IN, 46202-7176, USA.
authors.forename: Tracy D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Gunter
mesh_terms: D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence