Confronting Mental Health Evidence: A Practical Guide to Reliability and Experts in Family LawHow do you know what you say you know? That's the key question family law professionals must ask when evaluating the reports and testimony of mental health professionals, their methods, and the materials that support their conclusions and expert opinions. This book offers a case-based model to empower lawyers in managing difficult psychology-related issues in their cases and hold mental health experts accountable in court. |
Contents
Three Critical Perspectives | 9 |
The Legal Perspective | 21 |
The Psychological Perspective | 39 |
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abused children adults American Psychological Association analytical gaps apply Assessment biases CBTIs Child Abuse child custody evaluations Child Custody Guidelines child sexual abuse children's reports Clinical concerns conclusions and opinions confirmatory bias consider CSAAS Daubert disclosure divorce dolls domestic violence DSM-IV-TR emotional empirical Ethics Code evidence examine example expert opinions expert testimony expert witness family law family lawyers forensic interviews Forensic Psychology Frye hindsight bias HIPAA Holtzworth-Munroe interpretation intimate terrorism issues Kumho Tire Co marital marriage mental health records MHP experts MHP's parents partner violence patients perspective physical POOLE & LAMB PRAC problems professional literature protected health information Psychiatry PSYCHOL psychological tests psychologists questions relationships relevant responses result scientific scientific-critical thinking mind-set score sexual abuse allegations Shuman situational couple violence social specific spouses standard statements supra note supra note 88 Syndrome technique testify therapist tion understand validity Warshak