Forensic Briefs
A Podcast for Forensic Mental Health
and Legal Professionals.

Stay up to date with research, practice, and ideas shaping forensic mental health. Every two weeks, Drs. Michelle Guyton and Alexander Millkey interview leading researchers, clinicians, and experts in the field. Listen during your commute, at the gym, or wherever podcasts fit your day while earning continuing education credit. Forensic Briefs is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

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Latest Episode
Intro to AI in Forensic Psychology

Five forensic psychologists introduce generative artificial intelligence, explain how large language models produce responses, and examine the opportunities, limitations, ethical challenges, and professional responsibilities associated with AI in forensic psychological practice.

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Drs. Tallie Armstrong, Benjamin Silber, Dana Formon, Heath Hodges, and Jennifer Christman are board-certified forensic psychologists studying the impact of artificial intelligence on forensic practice. Their combined expertise includes ethics, criminal and civil evaluations, juvenile assessment, legal systems, competency, transparency, examinee behavior, and emerging technology. Together, they offer complementary perspectives on how forensic professionals can understand AI, evaluate its risks, and prepare for its growing role in psychological and legal settings.

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AI’s Impact on Forensic Evaluations

Dr. Tallie Armstrong examines how artificial intelligence may affect forensic evaluations, examinee preparation, symptom presentation, risk assessment, and professional decision-making while also exploring responsible uses of AI in competency restoration, legal education, and treatment-related learning materials.

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Talllie Armstrong

Dr. Tallie Armstrong is a board-certified forensic psychologist whose work includes criminal, family, and juvenile forensic evaluations. Her professional and research interests focus on ethics, artificial intelligence, forensic practice, and the development of research systems within public mental health agencies.

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Rethinking Justice-Involved Youth

Apryl Alexander
Dr. Apryl Alexander joins Forensic Briefs to discuss justice-involved youth, polyvictimization, trauma-informed care, and how forensic psychologists can better understand children within broader social, cultural, and structural contexts.
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Dr. Apryl Alexander joins Forensic Briefs to discuss justice-involved youth, polyvictimization, trauma-informed care, and how forensic psychologists can better understand children within broader social, cultural, and structural contexts.

Justice-Involved Veterans

Shoba Sreenivasan
Dr. Shoba Sreenivasan is a forensic psychologist and Sexually Violent Predator evaluator whose work focuses on sexual and violence risk assessment, justice-involved veterans, and forensic services for complex legal populations.
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Dr. Shoba Sreenivasan is a forensic psychologist and Sexually Violent Predator evaluator whose work focuses on sexual and violence risk assessment, justice-involved veterans, and forensic services for complex legal populations.

Forensic Telepsychology

Dr. Michelle Guyton and Dr. Alexander Millkey
In this special host-led episode, Drs. Michelle Guyton and Alex Millkey discuss the rise of remote forensic psychological evaluations. They review the history of telehealth, summarize research on remote competency and psychiatric assessments, and present findings from their own Oregon-based study comparing in-person and remote fitness to proceed evaluations. The conversation explores benefits, limitations, unanswered questions, and practical considerations for clinicians navigating technology in forensic practice.
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In this special host-led episode, Drs. Michelle Guyton and Alex Millkey discuss the rise of remote forensic psychological evaluations. They review the history of telehealth, summarize research on remote competency and psychiatric assessments, and present findings from their own Oregon-based study comparing in-person and remote fitness to proceed evaluations. The conversation explores benefits, limitations, unanswered questions, and practical considerations for clinicians navigating technology in forensic practice.
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Threat Assessment Pathways

Dr. Reid Meloy
Dr. Reid Meloy discusses threat assessment using the TRAP-18, including proximal warning behaviors, distal risk factors, and AI-assisted analysis. The episode examines the Capital Gazette shooting and the significance of attackers going silent before violence.
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Dr. Reid Meloy discusses threat assessment using the TRAP-18, including proximal warning behaviors, distal risk factors, and AI-assisted analysis. The episode examines the Capital Gazette shooting and the significance of attackers going silent before violence.

Sequential Intercept Model

Dr. Dave DeMatteo
Dr. David DeMatteo discusses the Sequential Intercept Model and problem-solving courts, exploring how diversion, specialty courts, and evidence-based justice practices can reduce recidivism and better address the needs of justice-involved individuals.
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Dr. David DeMatteo discusses the Sequential Intercept Model and problem-solving courts, exploring how diversion, specialty courts, and evidence-based justice practices can reduce recidivism and better address the needs of justice-involved individuals.

Grooming in Childhood Sexual Abuse

Elizabeth Jeglic
Dr. Elizabeth Jeglic explains the five stages of grooming that often lead to childhood sexual abuse, along with associated red flags and online risks. She shares research insights, practical prevention strategies, and tools for clinicians and caregivers to better recognize, respond to, and prevent abuse.
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Dr. Elizabeth Jeglic explains the five stages of grooming that often lead to childhood sexual abuse, along with associated red flags and online risks. She shares research insights, practical prevention strategies, and tools for clinicians and caregivers to better recognize, respond to, and prevent abuse.
Introduction to Forensic Briefs
Episode 0 Welcome to Forensic Briefs

Forensic Briefs is a podcast hosted by forensic psychologists Drs. Michelle Guyton and Alex Millkey. Designed for legal, forensic, and clinical professionals, the podcast delivers engaging, bite-sized continuing education.