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Chapter 1.The Expert Witness

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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9781615371914.lg01

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Testimony Under Oath: The Truth and Nothing but the Truth | Types of Witnesses | Admissibility of a Psychiatrist as an Expert and of Expert Opinions | Frye and the General Acceptance Rule | Daubert: Relevance and Reliability | Is Expert Testimony the Practice of Medicine? | Reviewing Opinions to Be Proffered Under Oath | Conclusion | References

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Psychiatrists who are called to serve as witnesses in criminal, civil, and administrative legal proceedings face complex legal rules and regulations that belie the simple oath a witness takes when being sworn in. Witnesses are often surprised to find that attorneys and judges have enormous editorial authority over the witnesses’ vision of the narrative of the whole truth of the events in question. After all, the legal system calls on psychiatrists for assistance and then frequently constrains the scope and weight of their testimony.

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