Michael Albert Norko, MD, MA
Professor of Psychiatry
Research Interests
Forensic Psychiatry; Mental Health; Psychiatry; Religion; Violence; Risk Assessment; Spirituality; Harm Reduction
Research Organizations
Psychiatry: Connecticut Mental Health Center | Law and Psychiatry, Division of
Research Summary
Measures of individual function as indicators for treatment and management of risk of violence to others; effectiveness of gun seizure laws in reducing violence; Interplay of religion, spirituality and psychiatry and mental health care; outcomes of service delivery in provision of forensic mental health care
Specialized Terms: Psychiatric risk assessment; gun violence and mental health; forensic mental health care system delivery; religion, spirituality and psychiatry/mental health; sexual diversity and religion
Extensive Research Description
- Development of functional assessment measurement tool
- Research on involuntary medication of patients being treated to restore competence to stand trial
- Editing scholarly volume on sexual diversity and the Roman Catholic Church
- Refinement of curriculum in religion, spirituality, and worldview for psychiatry residents and other health care professionals
Selected Publications
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A consultation and supervision model for developing the forensic psychiatric opinion
Buchanan A, Norko MA, Baranoski M, Zonana H: A consultation and supervision model for developing the forensic psychiatric opinion. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 44:300-308, 2016
- Legislative Consultation and the Forensic Specialist Norko MA: Legislative Consultation and the Forensic Specialist, in Griffith EEH, Norko MA, Buchanan A, Baranoski MV, Zonana HV (eds): Bearing Witness to Change in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Practice. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016
- Bearing Witness to Change in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Practice Griffith EEH, Norko MA, Buchanan A, Baranoski MV, Zonana HV (eds): Bearing Witness to Change in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Practice. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016
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Assessing Insanity Acquittee Recidivism in Connecticut
Norko MA, Wasser T, Magro H, et al.: Assessing Insanity Acquittee Recidivism in Connecticut. Behavioral Sciences & the Law Published Online 2016. DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2222
- Hospitalization Norko MA, Burns C, Dike C: Hospitalization, in Trestman RL, Appelbaum KL, Metzner JL: Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatry. New York: Oxford University Press (2015), 141-145
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The Forensic Psychiatric Report
Norko MA, Buchanan A: The Forensic Psychiatric Report. J Psychiatric Practice 21: 67-71, 2015
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DSM-5 and Substance Use Disorders: Clinical-Legal Implications
Norko MA, Fitch WL: DSM-5 and Substance Use Disorders: Clinical-Legal Implications. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 42: 443-452, 2014
- Gun Control Legislation in Connecticut: Effects on Persons with Mental Illness Norko MA, Baranoski M: Gun Control Legislation in Connecticut: Effects on Persons with Mental Illness. Connecticut Law Review 46: 1609-1631, 2014
- More Than a Monologue – Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church: Inquiry Thought, and Expression Hornbeck JP, Norko MA (eds): More Than a Monologue – Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church: Inquiry Thought, and Expression. New York: Fordham University Press, 2014
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Pursuing The Journal mission.
Norko MA, Griffith EEH, Coleman JT: Pursuing The Journal mission. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 42: 282-289, 2014
- Preventing Gun Violence Involving People with Serious Mental Illness Swanson JW, Robertson AG, Frisman LK, Norko MA, Lin H-J, Swartz MS, Cook PJ: Preventing Gun Violence Involving People with Serious Mental Illness, in Webster DW, Vernick JS (eds): Reducing Gun Violence in America – Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013, pp 33-51
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The Psychiatric Report: An Agenda for Development.
Buchanan A, Norko MA: The Psychiatric Report: An Agenda for Development. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 41: 359-373, 2013
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Psychiatric violence risk assessment.
Buchanan A, Binder R, Norko M, Swartz M: Resource Document on Psychiatric Violence Risk Assessment. Am J Psychiatry 169:3, March 2012, data supplement.
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The Psychiatric Report: Principles and Practice in Forensic Writing.
Buchanan A, Norko MA (eds.): The Psychiatric Report: Principles and Practice in Forensic Writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011
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Ethics in Forensic Psychiatry Publishing
Kapoor R, Young JL, Coleman JT, Norko MA, Griffith EEH: Ethics in Forensic Psychiatry Publishing. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 39: 332-341, 2011
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The Death Penalty in Catholic Teaching and Medicine: Intersections and Places for Dialogue.
Norko MA: The Death Penalty in Catholic Teaching and Medicine: Intersections and Places for Dialogue. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 36: 470-481, 2008.
- The Forensic Unit Norko MA, Dike CC: The Forensic Unit, in Sharfstein SS (ed): The Textbook of Hospital Psychiatry. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc, 2008.
- The prediction of violence; detection of dangerousness Norko MA, Baranoski MV: The prediction of violence; detection of dangerousness. Brief Treatment & Crisis Intervention 8:73-91, 2008.
- People of the Whirlwind. Norko MA: People of the Whirlwind. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 35: 373-380, 2007.
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Compassion at the Core of Forensic Ethics.
Norko MA: Compassion at the Core of Forensic Ethics. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 33: 386-389, 2005.
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The state of contemporary risk assessment research.
Norko MA, Baranoski MV: The state of contemporary risk assessment research. Canadian J Psychiatry 50:18-26, 2005.
Full List of PubMed Publications
- Norko MA: What is Truth? The Spiritual Quest of Forensic Psychiatry. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2018 Mar. PMID: 29618531
- Norko MA, Freeman D, Phillips J, Hunter W, Lewis R, Viswanathan R: Can Religion Protect Against Suicide? J Nerv Ment Dis. 2017 Jan. PMID: 27805983
- Buchanan A, Norko M, Baranoski M, Zonana H: A Consultation and Supervision Model for Developing the Forensic Psychiatric Opinion. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2016 Sep. PMID: 27644862
- Norko MA, Wasser T, Magro H, Leavitt-Smith E, Morton FJ, Hollis T: Assessing Insanity Acquittee Recidivism in Connecticut. Behav Sci Law. 2016 Mar; 2016 Apr 8. PMID: 27061306
- Norko MA, Buchanan MA: The forensic psychiatric report. J Psychiatr Pract. 2015 Jan. PMID: 25603453
- Norko MA, Fitch WL: DSM-5 and substance use disorders: clinicolegal implications. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2014. PMID: 25492070
- Norko MA, Griffith EE, Coleman JT: Pursuing the journal mission. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2014. PMID: 25187280
- Norko MA: Introduction to the special section on forensic publishing: an examination. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2014. PMID: 25187279
- Buchanan A, Norko M: The forensic evaluation and report: an agenda for research. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2013. PMID: 24051588
- Kapoor R, Young JL, Coleman JT, Norko MA, Griffith EE: Ethics in forensic psychiatry publishing. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2011. PMID: 21908749
- Norko MA: Commentary: the dynamic evolution of forensic psychiatry at Yale and the Zonanian sphere of influence. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2010. PMID: 21156920
- Norko MA: Duty to warn and dissociative identity disorder. Virtual Mentor. 2008 Mar 1; 2008 Mar 1. PMID: 23206879
- Norko MA: The death penalty in Catholic teaching and medicine: intersections and places for dialogue. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2008. PMID: 19092063
- Norko MA, Baranoski MV: The state of contemporary risk assessment research. Can J Psychiatry. 2005 Jan. PMID: 15754661
- Norko MA: Commentary: compassion at the core of forensic ethics. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2005. PMID: 16186205
- Norko MA: Organized psychiatry and the death penalty: an introduction to the special section. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2004. PMID: 15281421
- Steiner JL, Norko M, Devine S, Grottole E, Vinoski J, Griffith EE: Developing ethical guidelines for pharmaceutical company support in an academic mental health center. Psychiatr Serv. 2003 Aug. PMID: 12883131