PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Resnick, Phillip J.
TI  - Perceptions of Psychiatric Testimony: A Historical Perspective on the Hysterical Invective
DP  - 1986 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 203--219
VI  - 14
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/14/3/203.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/14/3/203.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1986 Sep 01; 14
AB  - 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.