PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Herbert C. Modlin
AU  - Alan Felthous
TI  - Forensic Psychiatry in Private Practice
DP  - 1989 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 69--82
VI  - 17
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/17/1/69.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/17/1/69.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1989 Mar 01; 17
AB  - This paper presents statistical and explanatory analyses of 637 forensic psychiatry cases in a private practice setting during the past 12 years, highlighting the remarkable variety of clinical and legal issues addressed by forensic psychiatrists. Emphasis is on how and why forensic psychiatrists need to be expert diagnosticians and clinicians, and ways in which they may respond to difficult clinical and legal opinions are recommended.