YEAR	CIVIL LITIGATION	AUTHOR	SOURCE	SELECTION	ABSTRACT
2009	Forensic skills workshop-role of the psychiatrist in civil litigation	Albert Drukteinis MD, JD Douglas Anderson MD James McDonald Jr JD Timothy Michals MD	Psychiatry CD	10557	This practical workshop will focus on advanced issues that confront psychiatrists in civil law cases, an interactive session involving moderator, panelists, and the audience. Vignettes submitted to the panel by practicing forensic psychiatrists will be read aloud and discussed. The vignettes describe problems and experiences that forensic psychiatrists often confront in their practices and in court. These will include procedural problems, such as ethical or practical issues in performing evaluations; dealing with courts, attorneys, or opposing experts; as well as substantive problems, such as dilemmas that come up in difficult cases, reliability of psychiatric opinion, and testimony. Attendees should be able to understand their colleagues approach to issues that routinely confront forensic psychiatrists, and to share in practical methods for dealing with such procedural and substantive challenges.
2009	Forensic skills workshop-role of the psychologist in civil and criminal litigation	Dr Elliot Atkins	psychology CD	10593	A forensic skills forum will focus on issues in civil and criminal law that interface with psychology and expert testimony by psychologists. This is an interactive session involving moderator, panelists and audience on advanced ethical and practice issues confronting the forensic psychologist. Vignettes submitted to the panel by practicing forensic psychologists will be read aloud and discussed. The vignettes describe problems and experiences that forensic psychologists often confront in their practices and in court. Attendees will be exposed to a wide variety of forensic cases and problems in civil and criminal areas. Dr. Elliot Atkins (Moderator) is in private practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Panelists: Martin H. Williams, Ph.D. and Art Donato, J.D. Mr. Donato is a criminal trial attorney in Media, Pennsylvania.
2009	Delusions and malingering in civil commitment and criminal cases	Daisy K. Switzer, Ph.D.	psychology CD	10603	While flagrant cases of delusional disorder exist, there are a range of subtle areas in both criminal and civil commitment cases which beg to question what we think we know about the nature of delusions. The application of delusional disorder in civil commit or criminal cases, and the danger of misapplication of the diagnosis will be presented. Cultural context diagnosis and the dangers of prejudice and ethical considerations when the diagnosis will keep a criminal off the street, what is the ethical thing to do? will be discussed. Dr. Switzer does contract evaluations for the Board of Parole Terms and is in private practice, with an emphasis on criminal forensics. Her practice is in Nevada County, with satellite offices in Humboldt and San Francisco.
2008	What treating doctors do not know in civil forensic situations, and do not know that they do not know	F. Wayne Furlong, M.D., FRCP (C)	psychiatry CD	10614	Most forensic psychiatrists at some point in cross examination have been asked, or will be asked, whether they would not agree that a treating psychiatrist, psychoanalyst or family doctor who has known the patient for decades must know the patient/examinee better than the forensic expert. The answer should be a clear and confident no--I do not agree that such an assumption is reasonable, and moreover that is rarely the case. Support for this view of the forensic deficiencies in the evidence of treating doctors lies in the literature on compliance and medication problems, psychotherapy research on non disclosure, the role of illegal drugs and alcohol in non disclosure and injury and research on the social attitudes of physicians about "faking" psychiatric diagnoses. Attendees should be able, having absorbed this material, to handle this question with confidence.--Dr. Furlong is a fellow of the Royal College, Canada, and certified in forensic psychiatry (ABPN). He has served as a psychiatric expert in civil litigation and other civil matters, in Ontario, Canada.
2008	Forensic skills workshop: the role of the psychiatrist in civil litigation	Albert M. Drukteinis, M.D., J.D.	psychiatry CD	10625	This practical workshop will focus on advanced issues that confront psychiatrists in civil law cases, an interactive session involving moderator, panelists, and the audience. Vi gnettes submitted to the panel by practicing forensic psychiatrists will be read aloud and discussed. The vignettes describe problems and experiences that forensic psychiatrists often confront in their practices and in court. These will include procedural problems, such as ethical or practical issues in performing evaluations; dealing with courts, attor neys, or opposing experts; as well as substantive problems, such as dilemmas that come up in difficult cases, reliability of psychiatric opinion, and testimony.
2008	Forensic skills workshop: the role of the psychologist in civil and criminal litigation	Dr. Elliot Atkins Martin H. Williams, Ph.D. Art Donato, J.D.	psychology CD	10660	A forensic skills forum will focus on issues in civil and criminal law that interface with psychology and expert testimony by psychologists. This is an interactive session involving moderator, panelists and audience on advanced ethical and practice issues confronting the forensic psychologist. Attendees will be exposed to a wide variety of forensic cases and problems in civil and criminal areas as well as become themselves directly involved in this interactive session.--Dr. Elliot Atkins (Moderator) is in private clinical, forensic and consulting practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Panelists: Martin H. Williams, Ph.D. and Art Donato, J.D. Mr. Donato is a criminal trial attorney in Media, Pennsylvania.
2007	Forensic Skills Workshop: The Role of the Psychiatrist in Civil Litigation	Albert M. Drukteinis, M.D., J.D.	psychiatry CD	10373	This practical workshop will focus on advanced issues that confront psychiatrists in civil law cases, an interactive session involving moderator, panelists, and the audience. Vignettes submitted to the panel by practicing forensic psychiatrists will be read aloud and discussed. The vignettes describe problems and experiences that forensic psychiatrists often confront in their practices and in court. These will include procedural problems, such as ethical or practical issues in performing evaluations; dealing with courts, attorneys, or opposing experts; as well as substantive problems, such as dilemmas that come up in difficult cases, reliability of psychiatric opinion, and testimony. Attendees will be exposed to a variety of forensic cases and problems in civil areas, as well as become directly involved in this interactive session. Those attending the session are urged to bring up issues and problems that they face in their forensic work. Attendees will also learn what panelists and their colleagues think about and how to deal with advanced issues in civil law cases. The interactive format allows attendees to challenge or compare their own methods of dealing with these issues.
2007	Mild traumatic brain injury in major civil cases	Douglas Anderson MD		10374	Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) is a controversial diagnosis. This paper will explore the organic versus psychological debate. An overview of the literature relevant to the forensic psychiatrist will be given. The DSM-IV-TR research criteria for Postconcussional Disorder (PCD) will also be reviewed. Medical legal aspects of MTBI will be emphasized and examples given from court cases where the author has testified as an expert witness. Psychiatrists attending this presentation will be able to diagnose the conditions and provide treatment recommendations and prognoses based on current scientific literature. Attendees will be able to ask questions regarding their own cases and benefit from the speaker s clinical and court experience.
2007	The Case for a Threshold for Competency in Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment Proceedings	Alan Abrams MD, JD Amy Muth JD Nesibe Soysal MD	psychiatry journal	7038	Commitment of the sexually violent predator (SVP) is not only informed by restorative intent but also the desire to protect other members of society from the insidious propensities of the SVP. Thus, remanding an alleged offender to an SVP program constitutes some hybrid of civil ameliorative intervention and criminal containment and, as such, may be construed as quasi-criminal. Toward this end, most SVP laws endeavor to incorporate the preponderance of procedural due process rights accorded to accused individuals within the criminal justice system, except the right to be competent. However, the behaviors of sexually violent predators not infrequently find their origins in psychiatric or neurologic pathology. These same conditions, in fact, often compromise an SVP respondent s mental competence to stand trial. If he is unable to rationally collaborate with his attorney, an accused SVP defendant s fundamental right to counsel, which underpins all procedural due process, is subverted. Furthermore. the outcome of extensive substantive due process rights litigation in civil commitment cases has consistently upheld that those who are involuntarily confined by civil means are entitled to non-punitive conditions of confinement including individualized medically appropriate treatment. However, in the absence of some standard for trial competency, we propound that SVP commitment proceedings fail to fulfill either the procedural due process rights for criminal containment or the substantive due process guarantees for civil commitment.
2007	Mild traumatic brain injury in major civil cases	Stephen Donald Anderson MD	psychiatry CD	10676	Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) is a controversial diagnosis. This paper will explore the organic versus psychological debate. An overview of the literature relevant to the forensic psychiatrist will be given. The DSM-IV-TR research criteria for Postconcussional Disorder (PCD) will also be reviewed. Medical legal aspects of MTBI will be emphasized and examples given from court cases where the author has testified as an expert witness. Psychiatrists attending this presentation will be able to diagnose the conditions and provide treatment rec ommendations and prognoses based on current scientific literature. Attendees will be able to ask questions regarding their own cases and benefit from the speaker's clinical and court experience.--Stephen Donald Anderson, MD, FRCP(C), is Clinical Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia. He works at a major trauma hospital as a Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist, and also has an active medical legal practice.
2007	Forensic skills workshop-the role of the psychologist in civil and criminal litigation	Dr Elliot Atkins Martin H Williams PhD Marian Martin PhD	psychology CD	10685
2006	Prosecution and civil commitment of pregnant women who abuse drugs-a review and commentary	Joseph Markowitz MD Richard Frierson MD	psychiatry journal	8088	A 29-year-old pregnant mother of four children in South Carolina was arrested and charged with killing her newborn daughter due to her cocaine use during pregnancy. Upon suffering a placental abruption, the physicians had obtained a drug screen of the newborn of Angela Marie Kolesar. Cocaine use represents a possible cause of placental abruption (2). The infant had irreparable brain damage at birth but survived nearly one and a half months before succumbing to her multiple medical problems. Should an addicted pregnant woman who presents for medical care be civilly committed on the grounds that her actions present prima facie evidence of danger to others since it has been established by an appellate court that a viable fetus is a person deserving legal protection?
2006	Jurors' attitudes toward post-sentence civil commitment	Brooke Butler PhD	psychology journal	7023	Jurors' attitudes toward post-sentence civil commitment (PSCC) were investigated. Three hundred residents of the 12th Judicial Circuit in Florida were given the following booklet of materials: opening statements; evidence favoring commitment; evidence favoring release; closing arguments; a 12-item measure assessing attitudes toward sex offenders; and standard demographic questions. Initial verdicts (made before any evidence was presented), intermediate verdicts (made after each piece of evidence was presented), and final verdicts (made after all evidence was presented) were measured on 6-point Likert scales. As hypothesized, participants demonstrated negative attitudes toward sex offenders. Consequently, participants were more likely to favor PSCC as the appropriate punishment for sexually violent predators, be receptive to evidence favoring PSCC, and exhibit little change between initial and final verdicts. Legal applications and implications are discussed.
2006	Forensic skills workshop-role of the psychiatrist in civil litigation (2 tapes)	Albert M Drukteinis MD, JD	psychiatry tapes	10275
2006	Forensic skills workshop-role of the psychiatrist in civil litigation	Albert M Drukteinis MD, JD	psychiatry CD	10692	This practical workshop will focus on advanced issues that confront psychiatrists in civil law cases, an interactive session involving moderator, panelists, and the audience. Vignettes submitted to the panel by practicing forensic psychiatrists will be read aloud and discussed. The vignettes describe problems and experiences that forensic psychiatrists often confront in their practices and in court. These will include procedural problems, such as ethical or practical issues in performing evaluations; dealing with courts, attorneys, or opposing experts; as well as substantive problems, such as dilemmas that come up in difficult cases, reliability of psychiatric opinion, and testimony. Attendees will be exposed to a variety of forensic cases and problems in civil areas, as well as become directly involved in this interactive session. Those attending the session are urged to bring up issues and problems that they face in their forensic work. Attendees will also learn what panelists and their colleagues think about and how to deal with advanced issues in civil law cases. The interactive format allows attendees to challenge or compare their own methods of dealing with these issues.
2006	Forensic skills workshop-role of the psychologist in civil and criminal litigation	Elliot Atkins EdD	psychology CD	10723	A forensic skills forum will focus on issues in civil and criminal law that interface with psychology and expert testimony by psychologists. This is an interactive session involving moderator, panelists and audience on advanced ethical and practice issues confronting the forensic psychologist. Attendees will be exposed to a wide variety of forensic cases and problems in civil and criminal areas as well as become themselves directly involved in this interactive session. Elliot Atkins, Ed.D. (Moderator) private clinical, forensic and consulting practice, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; Sean Kennedy, J.D., Senior Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles; Martin H. Williams, Ph.D., private practice, Sunnyvale, California; Alex Yufik, J.D., Psy.D., Adjunct Professor, California State University of Los Angeles
2005	Interactive forensic skills workshop: civil session (2 tapes)	Albert Drukteinis MD, JD	psychiatry tapes	3142	This practical workshop will focus on advanced issues that confront psychiatrists in civil law cases, an interactive session involving moderator, panelists, and the audience. Vignettes submitted to the panel by practicing forensic psychiatrists will be read aloud and discussed. The vignettes describe problems and experiences that forensic psychiatrists often confront in their practices and in court. These will include procedural problems, such as ethical or practical issues in performing evaluations, dealing with courts, attorneys, or opposing experts, as well as substantive problems, such as dilemmas that come up in difficult cases, reliability of psychiatric opinion, and legal standards. The workshop will focus on useful issues in the area of civil law and psychiatric evaluation and testimony. Attendees will be exposed to a wide variety of forensic cases and problems in civil areas as well as become directly involved in this interactive session, Those attending the session are urged to bring up issues and problems that they face in their forensic work. Attendees will learn how panelists and their colleagues think about and deal with advanced issues in civil law cases. The interactive format will allow attendees to challenge or compare their own methods of dealing with these issues.
2005	How to provide expert testimony in civil and criminal cases: what every expert and lawyer needs to know	Karen E Koskoff MA, JD	psychology tape	3195	Every expert needs to be effective in the courtroom using powerful and persuasive language that meets legal challenges. Experts need to know how to persuade, use demonstrable evidence and to teach the jury and judge effectively. Attendees will learn how to bolster opinions during cross-examination, to write a comprehensive report, to properly prepare a case, and how to handle the lawyers, including those with whom they are working most closely. Lawyers need to know how to prepare their experts for cross-examination, protect them in the courtroom, provide them with the support necessary to ensure their opinions are heard, understood and accepted.
2004	Interactive forensic skills workshop: civil session (2 tapes)	Albert Drukteinis MD,JD Panel of forensic experts	psychiatry tapes	3120	This workshop will focus on advanced issues that confront psychiatrists in civil law cases, an interactive session involving moderator, panelists and the audience. Vignettes submitted to the panel by practicing forensic psychiatrists will be read aloud and discussed. The vignettes describe problems and experiences that forensic psychiatrists often confront in their practices and in court. These will include procedural problems, such as ethical or practice issues in performing evaluations, dealing with courts, attorneys, or opposing experts, as well as substantive problems, such as dilemmas that come up in difficult cases, reliability of psychiatric opinion, and legal standards. The Workshop will focus on practical issues in the area of civil law and psychiatric evaluation and testimony. Attendees will be exposed to a wide variety of forensic cases and problems in civil areas as well as become directly involved in this interactive session. Those attending the session are urged to bring up issues and problems that they face in their forensic work.
2003	Forensic skills: interactive workshop-civil and criminal (2 tapes) and others same place	Elliot Atkins, Ed.D.	psychology tape	10277	A forensic skills forum will focus on issues in civil and criminal law that interface with psychology and expert testimony by psychologists. This is an interactive session involving moderator, panelists and audience on advanced ethical and practice issues confronting the forensic psychologist. Attendees will be exposed to a wide variety of forensic cases and problems in civil and criminal areas as well as become themselves directly involved in this interactive session.
2002	Civil commitment for sexual predators - maintaining patients' rights and clinical challenges	Mark R. McClung, MD	psychiatry tapes	2040	Secure units for sexual predators under indefinite civil commitment present new legal and ethical challenges for psychiatrists. Besides the controversy around predicting likelihood of sexual reoffending, issues of involuntary medication, right to treatment, right to refuse treatment, and chemical castration arise in treatment planning and in court. Treatment planning is affected by legal action, requiring clarification of priorities by providers. The presentation includes case-based discussion of these issues in Washington s Special Commitment Center, including some unique legal challenges and treatment dilemmas.
2001	Surviving spouse s demeanor and role theory in wrongful death civil trial	Charles Covati MA Linda Foley PhD	psychology journal	246	Widows typically receive larger monetary awards in wrongful death cases than widowers. One explanation for disproportionate awards is the view that men have higher earning capacities. This research suggests gender of surviving spouse is not solely responsible for differences in awards. Attorneys representing clients in wrongful death cases need to consider demeanor of surviving spouses and attitudes of jurors.
2000	Effectiveness of experts in civil trials involving repressed memories of sexual assault	Terri L Stewart MS	psychology journal	244	Two experiments investigated the impact of expert testimony regarding repressed memories in a childhood sexual assault trial... The results indicated that cross-examination effectively counterbalanced the expert s direct testimony. Implications of the results are discussed in terms of past findings and the ecological validity of future research.
2000	Mock trial-expert testimony, civil case, police shooting, PTSD (1 of 3)	David Glaser MD	psychiatry tapes	1112	This is a civil case focusing on the PTSD diagnosis of a 30 year-old man shot by a police officer. The psychiatrist engaged by the defense denied PTSD and instead diagnosed intermittent explosive disorder, personality disorder and gunshot wound to abdomen, medically resolved. The trial will focus on the testimony, direct and cross-examination of the psychiatrists as expert witnesses in court.
2000	Mock trial-expert testimony, civil case, police shooting, PTSD (3 tapes)	David Glaser MD	psychiatry tapes	1113	Mock trial
1999	Defending against psychological damage claims in civil litigation- 10 techniques	John L. Fleer, PhD, JD	psychology tape	1134	John Fleer, is an attorney whose specialty is defense of civil lawsuits and disciplinary actions involving mental health professionals. Plaintiffs in civil lawsuits increasingly claim psychological injuries, either in conjunction with physical injury claims or as the sole element of damage. More than any other mental health professional, the forensic psychologist is the defense attorney s best ally in refuting or minimizing such claims. The presenter was trained as a clinical psychologist prior to becoming a trial attorney. He will share techniques for defending against false, misattributed and inflated claims of psychological injury. These include ways of establishing preexisting pathology, utilization of treatment outcome studies, identification of malingering, and diagnosis of litigation stress. Participants will be provided specific techniques which can be offered to defense counsel in civil cases, or in the alternative, to anticipate defense cross-examination when testifying as a plaintiff s expert witness.
1997	Civil commitment- involuntary hospitalization of the mentally ill- study of 1100 subjects	Annette Crisanti	psychiatry tape	1297	Involuntary hospitalization of the mentally ill has been a contentious issue for decades. Hundreds of discussion papers dealing with history, legal aspects and clinical implications abound.
1997	Damage to the physician-patient relationship by the civil litigation process	Roger T Sharp JD	psychiatry tapes	1278	This presentation will deal with issues regarding the deleterious effects to the physician-patient relationship in the context of the civil litigation process. Observations about how the current jurisprudence system strains, and even undermines, the physician-patient relationship during litigation and following settlement or verdict will be presented. Suggestions, thoughts and recommendations to protect the relationship and to ensure that irreparable harm is not done will be offered.
1997	Race, age and jury decisions in a civil rape trial- jury study	Linda Foley PhD Melissa Pigott PhD	psychology journal	241	The present study assessed jury decisions in a civil rape trial. The age and race of the plaintiff was varied through computer generated photographs. Mock jurors were from two distinct populations, university students and jury eligible citizens. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, the Legal Attitudes Questionnaire, and the Universal Orientation Scale; viewed a photo of the plaintiff while listening to the case on audiotape; made individual and group assessments of responsibility of the plaintiff and defendant; and awarded monetary damages. Hypotheses that mock jurors would attribute less responsibility and award more damages to the white plaintiff than the black plaintiff were supported for the university students, but jury eligible participants reacted in the opposite direction. Similar findings occurred with regard to predictions for personality measures; they were supported for university students but not for jury eligible mock jurors. Our research indicates the necessity of reevaluating these instruments on a nonacademic population so that they will be more generalizable to civil trials
1997	Civil unrest and the role of psychiatric trainees	Michael Coudreaut MD	psychiatry journal	253	On March 3, 1991, four Caucasian Los Angeles police officers were serendipitously videotaped in the arrest and beating of an African-American, Rodney King. On April 29, 1992, all four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted of all charges including excessive use of force in the arrest of Rodney King. This was the precipitant to the largest episode of civil unrest in the history of the United States. Although the evidence indicates that civil disturbances may only cause a small ripple in the experience of psychiatric workers, this was not consistent with our experience at the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital during the Los Angeles riots of 1992.
1996	Civil commitment in Southern Nevada-historical overview	Franklin Master MD	psychiatry tapes	10034	An historical overview, with commentary on current status, of civil commitment across the U.S. is presented, with focus on the recent major changes in civil commitment law passed by the Nevada legislature. Implementation of the new law began October 1, 1995, and the authors address the effects of the law, during its first three or four months, on the statistics of civil commitment in Southern Nevada.
1995	Psychological injury reports, expert testimony in civil litigation-basics and beyond	Jerry von Talge PhD	psychology tape	1360	no abstract
1995	Parens patriae and the civil commitment of the mentally ill-a patient s perspective	Susan Stone JD MD Pedro Ruiz MD Efrain Gomez MD James Van Norman MD	psychiatry journal	5203	Paternalism has always been a dominant ethical force behind the civil commitment of the mentally ill in this country. While the origins and motivations of this paternalism have always been rooted in the desire to protect and treat the mentally ill, we must insure that civil commitment procedures will not be used as a method of social control. In this article, we examine the benefits and disadvantages of the American Psychiatric Association's model legislation proposal of 1983, developed in response to its membership's dissatisfaction with the civil commitment process. Psychiatrists have always been concerned with measures that place too many limitations on their clinical discretion. Also, the period of deinstitutionalization represented a relapse rather than truly a mental health re-form. However, we must be careful not to regress to a situation which was proven ineffective for the mentally ill. Since the American Psychiatric Association's model legislation of 1983 has been accepted and put into law by most states in the nation, it is important to objectively examine it from a patient's civil rights point of view. Hopefully, this article will shed light in this regard.
1994	The reluctant respondent- the geriatric patient in a civil commitment hearing	Kathleen Mayers PhD	psychology journal	242	Geriatric patients can be quite reluctant to attend their own hearings. The factors contributing to this reluctance are explored in this article, including time and location of the hearing, lack of familiarity with court personnel, and cognitive losses resulting from dementia. The patient with dementia may lack an understanding of the purpose of the court hearing, may have lost the ability to comprehend speech, and may experience losses of physical, cognitive, and emotional control. Sensitivity to the patient s desire to remain in his "home" environment, accommodation to the patient's needs and wishes by moving the legal proceeding to the patient's home ward, using efforts to calm the patient and ensure his level of comfort, and slowing the pace of the proceeding are suggested as strategies to provide adequate services to elderly respondents.
1994	Civil commitment of the severely demented patient-coercion and ineffective communication	Kathleen Mayers PhD	psychology journal	243	This article discusses the presence of coercive and persuasive patterns of speech as well as ineffective communication with patients diagnosed with severe dementia when civil commitment proceedings are scheduled. The manner in which the civil commitment proceeding is conducted, the patient's response to medication rights and his decision as to whether he will attend the legal proceeding are often decided on the basis of the patient s misunderstanding of language, his inability to comprehend the situation, his response to a "bribe" at times, a food treat or opportunity for socialization, and his desire to offer an acceptable answer to a question he does not understand.
1994	Forensic psychiatry and civil rights legislation: the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)	John Ravin MD	psychiatry journal	5271	no abstract
1993	Impact of psychological research, theory on 1991 civil rights act-- related cases	Richard V. Campagna, JD	psychology tape	1392	A thorough investigation of the Congressional Record was conducted, identifying key areas of psychological theory and research that have influenced the Civil Rights Act of 1991, landmark legislation. Recent case law under the statute is also analyzed with a view to guiding the expert witness and forensic psychologist in furnishing testimony. The importance of psychological research on the lawmaking process is stressed, and various aspects of expert witness testimony related to sexual and racial discrimination discussed.
1993	Admissions, court referrals and civil commitments in public and private psychiatric hospitals in southern Nevada	Franklin Master MD	psychiatry journal	232	The authors, both of whom are regular court commitment examiners, studied available commitment data for both public and private psychiatric hospitals in Las Vegas, Nevada to determine whether, as alleged in the media, there had been abuse of commitment procedures by private hospitals. The findings raise a number of issues, some of which appear to be explainable in terms of differences between patient populations between the two types of institutions.
1993	Adverse psychological evaluations in civil suits involving sexual misconduct by professionals	Ralph Uderwager PhD Hollida Wakefield MA	psychology journal	5295	no abstract
1992	Civil commitment of patients to private psychiatric hospitals-abuses of the system	Franklin Master MD	psychiatry tape	1937	With the great increase in the number of private psychiatric hospitals in the United States, much attention has recently been given to abuses of health care and questionable motives for admitting and releasing voluntary psychiatric patients. In a number of these facilities, patients were held for a longer period of time than expected and released only after family members secured court orders. Other abuses have included "luring" patients by means of promotional claims and by "paid referrals." The speakers are both court-appointed examiners in Las Vegas, Nevada with caseloads of patients for civil commitment.
1991	Reading the Supreme Court's tea leaves-predicting judicial behavior in civil and criminal right to refuse treatment cases	Michael Perlin JD	psychiatry journal	5204	The question of the right to refuse antipsychotic medication remains the most important and volatile aspect of the legal regulation of mental health practice, and it is essential that both practitioners and forensic experts familiarize themselves with recent case law and constitutional developments.
1991	Reading the Supreme Court's tea leaves-prediciting judicial behavior in civil and criminal right to refuse treatment cases	Michael Perlin JD	psychiatry journal	8041	no abstract
1990	Dementia as a legal defense in civil and criminal diminished capacity cases	Jay Cohn MD, PhD, JD	psychiatry tapes	1714	no abstract
1987	Post-traumatic stress disorder-successful civil and criminal defense cases	Jerome Platt PhD Stephen Husband MA	psychology tape	10176	Psychologists discuss recent case law and research findings that they have found to be helpful instruments when representing PTSD claimants.
1987	Post-traumatic stress disorder- successful civil and criminal defense cases	Jerome Platt PhD and Stephen Husband MA	psychology tape	10766	Psychologists discuss recent case law and research findings that they have found to be helpful instruments when representing PTSD claimants.
1985	Civil competency evaluation- guidelines for objective assessment	Gerald Cooke PhD	psychology journal	5018	The evaluation of civil competency is an entirely separate area from criminal competency. An individual may be criminally competent and not civilly competent and vice versa. Emotional and cognitive problems, contractual competency,estate management, testamentary capacity, informed consent and court testimony are discussed.
1984	Women molested as children- therapeutic and legal issues in civil actions	Mary Lou Hyde MSW Phyllis Kaufman MSW	psychiatry journal	5130	Incest survivors, those who are victims of a child sexual assault by a parent or parenting figure, are beginning to explore what their legal rights are against the individuals who sexually abused them as children. These injured parties who appear unaffected, manifesting no visible scar tissue or disability, must be prepared, if bringing civil actions, to bear a heavy burden of proof because of the current limitations of our present laws, the adversarial nature of psychiatric expert testimony and the public attitudes that insulate the family against external intrusion.
1984	Women molested as children- therapeutic and legal issues in civil actions	Mary Lou Hyde MSW Phyllis Kaufman MSW	psychiatry tape	10175	Incest survivors, those who are victims of a child sexual assault by a parent or parenting figure, are beginning to explore what their legal rights are against the individuals who sexually abused them as children. These injured parties who appear unaffected, manifesting no visible scar tissue or disability, must be prepared, if bringing civil actions, to bear a heavy burden of proof because of the current limitations of our present laws, the adversarial nature of psychiatric expert testimony and the public attitudes that insulate the family against external intrusion.
1983	Dangerousness as a standard for civil commitment	Jay Cohn MD, PhD, JD	psychiatry journal	5032	Presentation and critical view of three landmark models for involuntary civil commitment: Parents Patriae theory, the Lanterman Petris Short Act, and the Stone model.