Psychiatric management of legal defense in periodic commitment hearings

Evidence from 94 periodic commitment hearings for patients in a state mental hospital shows that public defenders often engage in adversarial questioning of hospital psychiatrists. However, psychiatrists generally manage such resistance and document their diagnostic arguments for continued commitmen...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social problems (Berkeley, Calif.) Calif.), 1987-04, Vol.34 (Apr 87), p.156-171
1. Verfasser:	Decker, F H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Expert witnesses Florida Inside knowledge Mentally ill people Periodic proceedings Proceedings Psychiatrists Sectioning Witnesses
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