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Forensic Mythologies and Custody Evaluations

<b><I>Part One of a Two-Part Article</I></b><p>As forensic psychologists and psychiatrists agree to accept appointments as evaluators or take the stand to testify about a custody matter, there are often many assumptions about forensic practice floating among those in the legal community, and even on the part of litigants, that are questionable at best.

10 minute readSeptember 02, 2017 at 12:01 AM
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Jeffrey P. Wittmann
Forensic Mythologies and Custody Evaluations

Author's Note: Readers interested in reviewing the research literature underlying the material presented herein can study the following: 1) Faust, D. & Ahern, D.C. (2011): Clinical Judgment and Prediction (In D. Faust: Coping with Psychiatric and Psychological Testimony. 6th ed.); 2) Garb, H. (1998): Studying the Clinician: Judgment Research and Psychological Assessment (APA); 3) Lamb, et. al. (2000): Accuracy of Investigators' Verbatim Notes of Their Forensic Interviews with Alleged Child Abuse Victims (Law and Human Behavior, vol. 6); 4) Stewart, R. & Chambless, D. (2007): Does Psychology Research Inform Treatment Decisions in Private Practice?

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