RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Thirty years and still growing
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 273
OP 277
VO 27
IS 2
A1 Rappeport, JR
YR 1999
UL http://jaapl.org/content/27/2/273.abstract
AB In the 30 years since the founding of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law in 1969, there has been a tremendous growth in the organization as well as in the number of psychiatrists who have a subspecialty of forensic psychiatry. In an attempt to explain this exponential growth, the author looks at the many social, economic, medical, and legal activities that were active during these years.