Perceptions of Psychiatric Testimony: A Historical Perspective on the Hysterical Invective

Phillip J. Resnick

Perceptions of Psychiatric Testimony: A Historical Perspective on the Hysterical Invective

Phillip J. Resnick
Phillip J. Resnick
Dr. Resnick is associate professor of Psychiatry and director, Division or Forensic Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University Medical School and a Lecturer at CWRU Law School, Cleveland, OH.
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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
September 1986,
14
(3)
203-219;

Abstract

This paper discusses the perceptions of psychiatric testimony by the public, lawyers, and psychiatrists. Five major criticisms are put into historical perspective: psychiatrists excuse sin; psychiatrists always disagree; psychiatrists give confusing, subjective, uninformed, jargon-ridden testimony; psychiatrists dictate the law; psychiatrists give conclusory opinions. Proposed solutions to these criticisms are analyzed.

Footnotes

This paper is a revision or the Presidential Address to the American Academy or Psychiatry and the Law. October 10. 1985. in Albuquerque. New Mexico.

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Perceptions of Psychiatric Testimony: A Historical Perspective on the Hysterical Invective

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online

Sep 1986,

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(3)

203-219;

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Perceptions of Psychiatric Testimony: A Historical Perspective on the Hysterical Invective

Phillip J. Resnick

Phillip J. Resnick

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online

Sep 1986,

14

(3)

203-219;

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