Matt Hines welcomes Dr. OMOTOLA AJIBADE to season three of Hines On Air from Atlanta, introducing his extensive education and current work as a forensic psychiatrist in metro-area correctional facilities.
They open by bonding over anime, discussing Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Naruto, and how such stories portray war trauma and can even help in clinical rapport. Dr. OMOTOLA AJIBADE explains forensic psychiatry as the intersection of mental health and legal questions, covering correctional treatment, competency to stand trial, disability and fitness-for-duty evaluations, and testamentary capacity and undue influence.
The conversation turns to what drives criminal behavior, emphasizing trauma, poverty, neglect, youth impulsivity, and concerns about incarceration, private prisons, and judges’ bias, as well as the criminalization of mental illness amid underfunded community care. They also discuss psychosis, command hallucinations, the insanity defense, and the McNaughton rule.