Law and Mental Health: The Mental Health Professional in Court: A Survival Guide

Law and Mental Health: The Mental Health Professional in Court: A Survival Guide- Thomas Gutheil, M.D. Dr. Gutheil is Professor of Psychiatry and co-founder of the Program in Psychiatry and Law, Beth Israel Deaconess Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; he is the first Professor of Psychiatry in the history of Harvard Medical School to be board certified in both clinical and forensic psychiatry. An internationally known forensic psychiatrist and author of over 300 publications in the national and international clinical and forensic literature, Dr. Gutheil has served as a consulting or expert witness in more than forty states. Recipient of every major award in the forensic field and multiple teaching and writing awards, he is also the recipient of the 2000 A. Clifford Barger Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Gutheil lives and works in the Boston area. Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss the rudiments of testifying in court. 2. Assess the pitfalls of testifying in court. 3. Utilize some ideas and approaches to dealing with familiar problems testifying in court. Please note: CEUs, CEs, and CMEs, as well as Certificates of Completion are not available from viewing recordings. In order to be eligible for credit, trainings and presentations must be attended live. Copyright Notice All Rights Reserved. All material appearing on the University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences YouTube (“content”) is protected by copyright under U.S. Copyright laws and is the property the University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences or the party credited as the provider of the content. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, display, perform, modify, create derivative works, transmit, or in any way exploit any such content, nor may you distribute any part of this content over any network, including a local area network, sell or offer it for sale, or use such content to construct any kind of database. You may not alter or remove any copyright or other notice from copies of the content on the University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences YouTube. Copying or storing any content except as provided above is expressly prohibited without prior written permission of the University or the copyright holder identified in the individual content’s copyright notice. For permission to use the content on the University’s website, please contact [email protected]. Disclaimer The content contained in University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences YouTube is provided only for educational and informational purposes or as required by U.S. or N.M. law. The University attempts to ensure that content is accurate and obtained from reliable sources, but does not represent it to be error-free. University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences may add, amend or repeal any policy, procedure or regulation, and failure to timely post such changes to its website shall not be construed as a waiver of enforcement. University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences does not warrant that any functions on its website will be uninterrupted, that defects will be corrected, or that the website will be free from viruses or other harmful components. Any links to third party information on the University’s YouTube are provided as a courtesy and do not constitute an endorsement of those materials or the third party providing them.