PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Sattar, SP AU - Pinals, DA AU - Gutheil, TG TI - Countering countertransference, II: beyond evaluation to cross-examination DP - 2004 Jun 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 148--154 VI - 32 IP - 2 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/32/2/148.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/32/2/148.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2004 Jun 01; 32 AB - Countertransference is a clinical term introduced by Freud in 1909. For years, despite mounting criticism, forensic psychiatrists borrowed this clinical concept to explain their emotional experiences and responses to examinees' emotions and behavior. The authors describe the impact of examinee and nonexaminee factors during evaluations and beyond, including during trial and while providing forensic testimony. The suggestion is made that using the term countertransference in forensic psychiatry can be problematic. The authors delineate the complexities of the term as related to forensic psychiatry and consider modified terms to provide a better explanation of these concepts in forensic contexts.