RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Forensic Psychiatry in Private Practice
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 69
OP 82
VO 17
IS 1
A1 Herbert C. Modlin
A1 Alan Felthous
YR 1989
UL http://jaapl.org/content/17/1/69.abstract
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.