The use of the polygraph as a supposed lie detector is reviewed, as well as some of the
literature purporting to uphold claims of scientific reliability and validity for the technique. …

US v. Scheffer is a case that poses two questions. First, must a defendant who wishes to place
polygraphic evidence before the court be allowed to do so for fear that refusal will create a …

The author of the following article was chairman of a task force appointed by the San Diego
Psychiatric Society. His article had its beginnings in 1973 when certain attorneys in the San …

Most psychiatrists find it difficult not to polemicize when writing about psychiatry and the
criminal justice process. While attempting to overcome that difficulty, this Article represents an …

The author details the various trends that have emerged in the field of child advocacy.
Among the issues he discusses are parental and children's rights in custody cases, the best …

by MELVIN G. GOLDZBAND, MD or a change, managed care took second place.
Unquestionably, the hottest issue of the day, at least as determined from the hallway buzz in …

Of course, general psychiatrists ought to be doing evaluations in contested custody cases,
and in contested visitation conflicts as well. In fact, more of them ought to be doing more of …

by MELVIN G. GOLDZBAND, MD ome have predicted it would never happen. Others have
decried the possibility that it might. However, all odds quoted by the detractors to the contrary, …

Following the dictum of Proust, the idea of dangerousness as a predictable attribute of
individuals obeys the Frenchman's observation that the more things change, the more they stay …

Historically, the relations between lawyers and psychiatrists have been at best strained, at
worst hostile and vituperative. The distance separating our two disciplines as they handle the …