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"Crudely, without any finesse": the defendant hears his psychiatric evaluation
1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
The Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
This paper examines the issue of potential harmful effects on an individual who hears a description of his psychodynamics in the highly charged, adversarial context of a courtroom. Ethical considerations and strategies for minimizing such harm are discussed, accompanied by illustrative clinical case material.