PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Charles C. Dike
TI  - Commentary: Is Ethical Forensic Psychiatry an Oxymoron?
DP  - 2008 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 181--184
VI  - 36
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/36/2/181.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/36/2/181.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2008 Jun 01; 36
AB  - The role of psychiatry in the legal arena is grossly misunderstood and even controversial. Some respected psychiatrists and members of the public have argued that the current state of the science of psychiatry is such that it has little to offer the legal system, and consequently, psychiatrists should be banned from the courts. Alan Stone's critique of forensic psychiatry 25 years ago is probably the most pointed. In this article, a summary of four different responses to Alan Stone's critique will be presented and analyzed.