The mental health professional in court : a survival guide / Thomas G. Gutheil; Eric Y. Drogin.; Harvard Medical School.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gutheil, Thomas G., author.

Drogin, Eric York, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence, Expert.

Forensic psychiatry.

Mental health personnelvHandbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia ; London, England : American Psychiatric Publishing, 2013.

Summary:

The Mental Health Professional in Court: A Survival Guide is designed to help mental health professionals become more knowledgeable about the settings, assumptions, personnel, issues, and techniques involved in going to court, with the aim of demystifying the legal process and reducing anxiety about this inherently stressful experience.

Contents:

Introduction : "What? Me? Go to court?"

"Why is this happening?"

"How did I get here?" : the path to litigation

"What is motivating everyone?"

"Why is this taking so long?"

"Now do I get my say?" : interrogatories, depositions and how to survive them

"Where are we?" : the foreign territory of the courtroom

"Who are all these people?"

"Am I going to win this thing?" : the trial itself

"Do I still get to have a life?" : self-care during litigation

"Where do I go from here?" : the aftermath of litigation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61537-836-7

1-58562-989-8

OCLC:

875684935