Clinicians in Court: A Guide to Subpoenas, Depositions, Testifying, and Everything Else You Need to Know [Anglais] [Broché]

Mental health professionals are often called on to give evidence or expert testimony in a range of circumstances, including family law and child welfare trials, mental health hearings, malpractice lawsuits, criminal trials, government hearings, and private arbitration. This volume provides practical information and proven guidelines to help clinicians from any background understand their role in legal proceedings --Ce texte fait référence à l'édition Relié .

"This extremely user-friendly book, written by a lawyer and mediator and a psychologist, takes the readers by the hand and carries them through the legal process, "translating" legalese into clear English and demystifying what otherwise constitutes for many professionals a rather dreaded experience. Highly recommended."--American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

"Barsky and Gould's text offers a number of excellent strategies for clinicians who suddenly find themselves having to report for some type of court action, be it a subpoena or deposition, or even a civil action that is brought against the clinician him-or herself. Seasoned mental health professionals, one of whom also has a law degree, these authors get straight to the point with respect to what one needs to know about the entire legal arena....The book does a nice job of summing up the legal processes and the various ways in which clinicians may be called to court. It covers areas such as pretrial processes, which include motion disclosures in many trials, preliminary inquiries, pretrial settlement conferences, and so on. Attention is also given to attorney-led negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations. Throughout, the text provides definitions of relevant terms that belong to the vocabulary of the legal system but are usually not familiar to mental health professionals....This book is written in an easy-to-read style, which is not overwhelmed by hard-to-remember legal terminology, but still manages to impart a huge amount of information in its 256 pages. Well-conceived and executed, Barsky and Gould's contribution is definitely recommended as part of a non-forensic clinician's library."--The Pennsylvania Psychologist Quarterly
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Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton. Provides practical information and proven guidelines to help clinicians from any background understand their role in legal proceedings, and participate effectively, ethically, and with minimal stress. Features helpful checklists, sample of affidavits, retainer agreements, and other materials for use in practice, For counselors and therapists. --Ce texte fait référence à l'édition Relié .

Allan E. Barsky, JD, MSW, PhD, is Professor of Social Work at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, where he teaches graduate courses in conflict resolution, professional ethics, and substance abuse. Dr. Barsky has practiced social work and mediation in legal settings that include the criminal court in New York and the family courts in New York, Toronto, and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He is a past president of the Ontario Association for Family Mediation and former National Board Member of the Network for Conflict Resolution Canada. The author of several books and numerous articles, he has presented his research at conferences around the world.

Jonathan W. Gould, PhD, is in private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he is a principal in the Charlotte Psychotherapy and Consultation Group. The author of two books and numerous articles, Dr. Gould has presented numerous workshops and seminars for clinical and legal audiences. His interests focus on developing more scientific approaches to child custody evaluations, defining role boundaries between clinical and forensic treatment, and applying forensic methods and procedures to child custody evaluations.
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Contents
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2 BEGINNING WITH YOURSELF
Chapter 3 FIRST CONTACT
Chapter 4 PREPARATION FOR LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Chapter 5 ORAL TESTIMONY AT AN ADJUDICATION
Chapter 6 CLINICAL RECORDS
Chapter 7 EXPERT WITNESSES
Chapter 8 DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
Chapter 9 CLAIMS AGAINST CLINICIANS
Chapter 10 ALTERNATIVES TO ADJUDICATION
Chapter 11 CONCLUSION
Epilogue
Glossary
Appendices
A. Service Agreement for an Expert Witness for Review/Rebuttal Services
B. Fee Arrangement for an Expert Witness Who Is Called to Testify
C. Informed Consent to Participate in a Forensic Psychological Evaluation
D. Initial Letter to Attorneys after an Appointment Order
E. Sample Affidavit
References
Index
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