Courtroom Psychiatrist on Rehabilitating Violent Criminals | JHS Ep. 755

Dr. Sohom Das is a consultant forensic psychiatrist who works in prisons and criminal courts to assess and rehabilitate mentally ill offenders. He is the author of In Two Minds: Stories of Murder, Justice, and Recovery From a Forensic Psychiatrist.

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What We Discuss with Sohom:
0:00 - What does a forensic psychiatrist do
11:27 - Faking voices in their head
19:42 - Has a patient ever tricked Sohom?
24:40 - Restraining aggressive patients
32:46 - Biased experts in court
44:00 - Even the worst criminals can be rehabilitated
54:01 - The guy that removed his eyeballs in prison
57:51 - Why do this job when it's so hard
1:05:05 - Spotting mentally ill criminals in advance
1:11:13 - Should we worry that these people are out there?

When a violent crime is committed, the justice system needs to determine if the perpetrator of that crime is a permanent danger to society who should be locked away for life, or if they’re mentally ill to a degree that proper treatment would allow them to re-enter that society. In other words, are they bad, or are they mad?

On this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Sohom Das, a consultant forensic psychiatrist who works in prisons and criminal courts to assess and rehabilitate mentally ill offenders, and the author of In Two Minds: Stories of Murder, Justice, and Recovery From a Forensic Psychiatrist. Here, we discuss how he tells the difference between these types of offenders (and if he’s ever been fooled), the most (and least) common illnesses Sohom has encountered among offenders, how to tell when someone is faking mental illness for the sake of their defense, precautions Sohom takes when working in close proximity to killers, and much more. Listen, learn, and enjoy!

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