Posts Tagged ‘Massachusetts General Hospital’

January 30. 2012 | Ron Schouten

Able to Comply with the Rules and Regulations of Boxing

Once people find out that I am a forensic psychiatrist, they often ask me to name my most interesting or exciting case.  That’s a tough call, because my work has included a number of fascinating cases and projects, and intense time pressure can be part of the job.  For example, I receive urgent requests for consultations concerning violence risk assessment, such as when an employee with a history of threats or actual violence is to be disciplined or terminated.  In those cases, I’m…

January 23. 2012 | Ron Schouten

What in the world is a “Forensic Psychiatrist”?

In the professional world, we’re all supposed to have an “elevator speech”: a brief description of the work we do that can be delivered in the time it takes for a typical elevator ride—somewhere between 30 seconds and two minutes. And of course, in social encounters one of the most common questions is “What do you do?”   In both situations, I take a breath—because I know that this is not going to be a simple explanation– and answer: “I’m a psychiatrist and direct the forensic psychiatry…