Author: Mansfield Mela

Dr. Mansfield Mela (here) is an academic forensic psychiatrist in the University of Saskatchewan and a founder of the forensic subspecialty in Canada. He is also a consultant psychiatrist at the Regional Psychiatric Center in Saskatoon and runs an outpatient clinic for mentally disordered offenders. As an expert he has been called upon to testify on various aspects of the interface of law and psychiatry. He is an associate faculty member of the College of Law and teaches medical and law undergraduate and post graduate students. He is a member of the Saskatchewan Review Board and a member of the Saskatchewan Physician Health program. He is the head of the interdisciplinary research team made of academic professional in the area of forensic mental health in the University of Saskatchewan. His area of research is the medico-legal implications of cognitive disorder specifically fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and ADHD. His research interests and focus of contribution include the role of forgiveness in reducing criminal activity, clozapine and increased functioning and therapeutic jurisprudence. He is currently conducting a major systematic review of the impact of prenatal substance exposure on criminality.