For a considerable length of time, we have been leading workshops on testifying in court for
forensic mental health professionals, many of whom offer stories of anguish and humiliation …

In deciding issues of character and fitness to practice, professional licensing boards,
including state bar examiners, ask applicants about history of or treatment for mental illness …

This is a comment on" Commentary: lawyer phobia." J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2009; 37
(2): 162-4. This is a comment on" Commentary: core competencies and the training of …

Objective As the specialty of forensic psychiatry and the numbers of justice involved
individuals with mental illness continue to grow, forensic education is receiving more …

In the aftermath of nearly sixteen years of sustained military operations abroad, the legal
system has been forced to respond to the residue of combat trauma, especially in the …

There are two potential contaminants of the psychiatric examination in a medicolegal
context. One is the malingering of forensically significant mental illness; the second is …

Until the 1990s, a lawyer seeking certification from the state bar could be expected to face a
broad inquiry about his or her past mental health and any treatment that had been sought …

To the Editor: We are writing in response to the recently published editorial “Is It Time to
Rethink Psychiatry Residency Training? Part II: Training All Psychiatry Residents to be …

Psychiatry1 and law are interdependent to an extent exceeded by few other pairs of
professions. As a result, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals (" MHPs") can …

Before expert witnesses may testify in court, it is necessary that they be qualified to render
an expert opinion. The qualification process has three steps: first, the expert's training …