Law & Psychiatry

Professor James R. Elkins

Expert Psychiatric & Psychological Testimony

Forensic Psychology

The Forensic Psychologist
Dr. Robert Morecook, psychologist, Houston Community College System

Forensic Psychology Services
Dr. Donald J. Franklin, Psychology Information Online

Forensic Psychology Consultation in Criminal Cases
Dr. Geoffrey R. McKee, ExpertPages.com

Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists
American Psychology-Law Society, American Psychological Association,
endorsed by American Academy of Forensic Psychology [APLS] [ABFP]


Psychological Testing
Dr. R. Richmond's Guide to Psychology and Its Practice
(San Francisco, California)

Forensic Use and Abuse of Psychological Testing
Dr. Richard Rodgers, Journal of Psychiatric Practice (2003)

Forensic Psychiatry

The History of Forensic Psychiatry
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 33:2:259-262 (2005)

The Present and Future of Forensic Psychiatry
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 33:2:263-264 (2005)

Keeping Criticism at Bay: Suggestions for Forensic Psychiatry Experts
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2003 31: 406-412

Quality in Forensic Mental Health Evaluations
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 33:2:158-175 (2005)

Working With Lawyers and Courts
Dr. William H. Reid, Forensic Psychiatric Consultant,
Journal of Psychiatric Practice column

Forensic Work and Non-Forensic Physicians
Dr. William H. Reid, Forensic Psychiatric Consultant,
Journal of Psychiatric Practice column [Pt. II] [Pt. III]

Should the Treating Clinician be an Expert Witness?
Dr. William H. Reid, Forensic Psychiatric Consultant

Psychiatrist Distinguished from Psychologist

Expert Psychological/Psychiatric Testimony

Forensic Work and Nonforensic Clinicians—Part I

Forensic Work and Nonforensic Clinicians—Part II

Forensic Work and Nonforensic Clinicians—Part III

Curing the Therapeutic State: Interview with Thomas Szasz

Defense Psychiatrist Testifies for Prosecution
The Forensic Echo: Behavorial & Forensic Sciences in the Courts

Narcissistic Dimensions of Expert Witness Practice
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 33:1:55-58 (2005)

Challenging Mental Health Testimony

Challenging the Admissibility of Psychiatric/Psychological Testimony
Marc Sagaman, American Law Institute-American Bar Association
Committee on Continuing Professional Education

Does Psychiatric Testimony Meet the Daubert Standards
J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry Law 32: 228-30, 2004

Why Nonforensic Clinicans Should Decline Forensic Referrals

Mental Health Disorders & Their Diagnosis

Treating Physicians and Expert Testimony
Dr. William H. Reid, Forensic Psychiatric Consultant,
Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Psychiatric Disorders
All Psych Online

BiPolar (Manic Depressive) Disorder

J.R. Noonan, Misuse of the Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder in the Forensic Context, 20 Am. J. Forensic Psych. (2002)

Anti-Social Personality Disorder

Anti-Social Personality Disorder and Forensic Psychiatry

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Dissociative Identity Disorder as a "Not to Know Strategy"

Malingering

Malingering

Risk Assessment & Predictions of Dangerousness

Risk Assessment, Prediction, and Foreseeability

MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study

Ethcial Guidelines

Ethical Guidelines for the Practice of Forensic Psychiatry
Ameircan Academy of Psychiatry & the Law

Ethical Issues

Ethics and Forensic Work

"The whole truth" versus "the admissible truth": an ethics dilemma for expert witnesses
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2003 31: 422-427

Misc.

Expert Evaluation, Controversial Cases and the Media

Psychiatry and the Death Penalty

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