Opinion | To Report or Not to Report Suspicions of Medical Child Abuse?
Hatters Friedman and Landess are forensic psychiatry experts. The so-called “Take Care of Maya” trial ended last month with a $261 million verdict for compensatory and punitive damages for the Kowalski family. The jury found Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital of Florida liable for multiple claims, including the wrongful death of Beata Kowalski by suicide, […]
What Happens in a Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation? Psychiatry Exam
A forensic psychiatrist testifies as an expert in judicial matters concerning mental health. The forensic psychiatric evaluation addresses issues of imputability (liability or responsibility) and non-imputability. A forensic psychiatric evaluation employs clinical psychiatric in-depth interview techniques, but it relies on collateral sources of information, addresses the possibility of malingering (feigned) psychiatric illness more prominently, and […]