Psychiatric Consultation to Attorneys for Abused and Neglected Children

Footnotes

• This paper was presented in part at the American Academy of Child Psychiatry Meeting, San Diego, CA, Oct. 25-29, 1978. Dr. Kaplan is Chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY. At the time of these consultations, Dr. Kaplan was Forensic Psychiatry Fellow at New York University School of Medicine. The author wishes to express her appreciation to Stella Chess, MD and Arthur Zitrin, MD for their supervision of these consultations and for their encouragement in preparation of this manuscript. Reprints may be obtained from the author at North Shore University Hospital, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 300 Community Dr., Manhasset, NY, 11030.