PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Carla Rodgers
AU  - John A. Baird
TI  - Commentary: The Lucid Interval—Coping with Unscientific Terminology
DP  - 2015 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 298--299
VI  - 43
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/43/3/298.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/43/3/298.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2015 Sep 01; 43
AB  - The authors agree with Shulman et al. in their assertion that the term “lucid interval” does not describe what is now known to occur in the fluctuating mental status of some demented individuals. Therefore, its use by the courts to determine competency in such persons can result in an unjust outcome. However, we believe such criticism as Shulman and his coauthors levied at the legal profession should be broadened to consider antiquated and nonscientific terminology in our own field of psychiatry.