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Clinicians in Court
A Guide to Subpoenas, Depositions, Testifying, and Everything Else You Need to Know
A Guide to Subpoenas, Depositions, Testifying, and Everything Else You Need to Know
Allan E. Barsky and Jonathan W. Gould
Note about Distribution: Not available in Canada
"One of the strengths of Clinicians in Court is the authors' frequent mention of the attributes of effective witnesses....Barsky and Gould do a nice job describing techniques and strategies used by cross-examining lawyers....A valuable addition to the literature, and well worth reading."
-Child Abuse and Neglect
"Masterful...a great practical boon to nonlawyers who desire some basic understanding of the unfamiliar province of law....A sound road map, well-designed to guide clinicians obliged to traverse the vexing labyrinth of law. By helpfully demystifying some of the tools and armaments of law and litigation, the volume's contents may lessen tensions and trepidations abounding at the interface of law and clinical practice....An excellent witness-preparation resource that should prove to be quite intellectually nourishing to a legion of readers who may choose to imbibe its edifying contents, including mental health and human services professionals as well as clinicians and therapists drawn from disparate professional backgrounds but potentially tethered to the law."
-American Journal of Psychiatry
"The authors...are eminently qualified to author this book....This book should energize and qualify more social scientists and clinicians to get involved in the criminal justice system....Provides useful information for a clinician on such important issues as confidentiality and the legal aspects of disclosure....I found this book very useful to my continuing practice, and I highly recommend it to any clinician who will at some point in his or her professional career become involved in the complexities of the judicial system."
-Criminal Justice Review
"An excellent guide for nonforensic clinicians....Reading Clinicians in Court is like attending a good workshop. It provides basic training for psychiatrists and other clinicians who likely find themselves pulled into disputes at some point in the course of their careers. Barsky and Gould have written a handy guidebook for navigating the legal system"
-Psychiatric Services
"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
"This is not only a concise and helpful book for practitioners, it is also an excellent text for students in ethics and forensics courses. Written in accessible language, it is a valuable classroom resource."
-Beverly Greene, PhD, ABPP, Department of Psychology, St. John's University
"This book has become required reading for my graduate-level course on social work and the law, and I believe no clinician should step up to the witness stand without having read it."
-Kevin J. Corcoran, JD, PhD, Graduate School of Social Work, Portland State University
-Child Abuse and Neglect
"Masterful...a great practical boon to nonlawyers who desire some basic understanding of the unfamiliar province of law....A sound road map, well-designed to guide clinicians obliged to traverse the vexing labyrinth of law. By helpfully demystifying some of the tools and armaments of law and litigation, the volume's contents may lessen tensions and trepidations abounding at the interface of law and clinical practice....An excellent witness-preparation resource that should prove to be quite intellectually nourishing to a legion of readers who may choose to imbibe its edifying contents, including mental health and human services professionals as well as clinicians and therapists drawn from disparate professional backgrounds but potentially tethered to the law."
-American Journal of Psychiatry
"The authors...are eminently qualified to author this book....This book should energize and qualify more social scientists and clinicians to get involved in the criminal justice system....Provides useful information for a clinician on such important issues as confidentiality and the legal aspects of disclosure....I found this book very useful to my continuing practice, and I highly recommend it to any clinician who will at some point in his or her professional career become involved in the complexities of the judicial system."
-Criminal Justice Review
"An excellent guide for nonforensic clinicians....Reading Clinicians in Court is like attending a good workshop. It provides basic training for psychiatrists and other clinicians who likely find themselves pulled into disputes at some point in the course of their careers. Barsky and Gould have written a handy guidebook for navigating the legal system"
-Psychiatric Services
"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
"This is not only a concise and helpful book for practitioners, it is also an excellent text for students in ethics and forensics courses. Written in accessible language, it is a valuable classroom resource."
-Beverly Greene, PhD, ABPP, Department of Psychology, St. John's University
"This book has become required reading for my graduate-level course on social work and the law, and I believe no clinician should step up to the witness stand without having read it."
-Kevin J. Corcoran, JD, PhD, Graduate School of Social Work, Portland State University