This subspecialty of psychiatry brings expert
opinion
about mental disorders to the courts (expert witness testimony )
as well as to other third parties such as employers and insurance companies for
purposes other than clinical consultation or treatment.
Also: forensic psychiatrist ,
independent psychiatric examination
Books and Other
Media:
Applebaurm, Paul & Gutheil, Thomas Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law
Berger, Steven H. Establishing a
Forensic Psychiatric Practice - A Practical Guide Hardcover 1997
Gutheil ,
Thomas G. The Psychiatrist As Expert Witness, Second Edition
Paperback 2009 Heilbrun, Kirk (Editor),
et al
Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook (Hardcover - April 2002) Rosner, Richard (Editor)
Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law hardcover 1985 Rosner, Richard (Editor)
Criminal Court Consultation (Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the
Law, Vol 5) hardcover 1989
Rosner, Richard (Editor)
Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry hardcover
2003
Simon, Robert & Gold, Liza (Editors)
The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry 2004
Simon, Robert & Gold, Liza (Editors)
Study Guide to Forensic Psychiatry: A Companion to
The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry
(Paperback 2006)
Simon, Robert & Shuman, Daniel Clinical Manual of Psychiatry And Law
Paperback 2007