PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Strasburger, Larry H. TI - “Crudely, without Any Finesse”: The Defendant Hears His Psychiatric Evaluation DP - 1987 Sep 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 229--233 VI - 15 IP - 3 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/15/3/229.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/15/3/229.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1987 Sep 01; 15 AB - This paper examines the issue of potential harmful effects on an individual who hears a description of his psychodynamics in the highly charged, adversarial context of a courtroom. Ethical considerations and strategies for minimizing such harm are discussed, accompanied by illustrative clinical case material.