Psychiatry and the Law: Changing the System Through Changing the Training

JACK ZUSMAN and WILLIAM A. CARNAHANAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131, Number 8

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.8.915

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The development of a more useful relationship between psychiatry and the law depends upon mutual understanding and solution of common problems. Present training in law for psychiatrists emphasizes acceptance of the status quo. The authors propose a new training approach involving both disciplines that would emphasize interactional problems and practical methods for bringing about change, thus improving the present system.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131 • Number 8 • August 1974

Pages: 915 - 918

PubMed: 4834711

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Published in print: August 1974

Published online: 12 February 2015

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JACK ZUSMAN

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WILLIAM A. CARNAHAN

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Professor of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Buffalo

Clinical Associate Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo and Lecturer in Law and Psychiatry, Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence

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