How to examine mental health experts
Subtitle: a family lawyer's handbook of issues and strategies
By: John A. Zervopoulos, Ph.D., J.D.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: American Bar Association, Section of Family Law; American Bar Association
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781614388371
Subjects: Expert Evidence; Forensic psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How qualified is qualified; title: When experts rely on experts; title: Consulting versus testifying experts: is there a problem?; title: Retained experts and their testimony: hired gun or credible?; title: Retaining and working with your expert; title: Peer into counseling's black box; title: Psychological evaluations: more than just testing; title: Make sense of psychological tests; title: Psychological tests and catching lies; title: Make sense of computer-based test reports; title: Collateral information: uses and abuses; title: Tie experts to professional practice guidelines; title: Let the records show; title: Use Daubert's reliability toolbox; title: Daubert's reliability toolbox: general acceptance and peer review/publication; title: Daubert's reliability toolbox: testability and error rates; title: Mental health testimony = conclusions + opinions; title: Manage experience-based testimony; title: It's research, but is it relevant?; title: DSM/IV diagnoses: what's the problem?; title: Use the analytical gap test: Joiner's versatile reliability metaphor; title: Recognize and challenge experts' judgment biases; title: Hiding the gap: the power of words; title: Recommendations; where the rubber meets the road; title: Interim reports: half-baked or reliable?; title: Size up evaluation reports: what's the purpose?; title: Mine the report's treasures; title: Rescue an expert's testimony? try Daubert's flexibile side.