Abstract
The author offers systematic approaches to evaluation of claims of therapist-patient sexual misconduct, together with their rationales. False accusations should be considered in all such cases in order to maintain the balanced forensic perspective and to probe for malingering, as in all evaluations. Practical techniques are offered and the underlying reasoning described.
Footnotes
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From the Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Mass. Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School. The author acknowledges his gratitude to Drs. Axel Hoffer and Douglas Ingram, and especially Dr. Larry Strasburger, for helpful critical suggestions and to Ms. Debra Morley for editorial assistance. Reprint requests to Dr. Gutheil, 74 Fenwood Rd., Boston, MA 02115.
- Copyright © 1992, The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
