Coping with psychiatric and psychological testimony
Publisher: Law and Psychology Press
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Beverly Hills, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Forensic psychology; Forensic psychiatry
Notes: Bibliography: p. 280-284.
Table of contents: title: 1. Bases of expert testimony; title: 2. Science and scientific method; title: 3. Challenging theory and principles; title: 4. Challenging te clinical examination; title: Distorted data; title: Distorted perception and recall; title: Distorted interpretation; title: 5. Challenging psychological tests; title: 6. Challenging reliability and validity of psychiatric and psychological evaluations; title: 7. Challenging the expert's experience; title: 8. Challenging psychotherapy; title: 9. Psychiatry... not science... not medicine; title: 10. Challenging education and training; title: 11. Objecting to admission; title: 12. Cross-examination; title: Discussion and samples; title: In general; title: Criminal cases; title: Child custody cases; title: Injury cases