A medical expert is a physician who has the requisite clinical experience and academic achievement to form an objective medical opinion to a reasonable degree of medical certainty. A forensic psychiatrist is a physician who integrates clinical experience, knowledge of medicine, mental health, and the neurosciences to form an independent, objective opinion. Relevant data are gathered and analyzed as part of a process of alternative hypothesis testing to formulate an expert medical/psychiatric opinion.
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Forensic psychiatrists evaluate the validity of psychological and emotional damages by way of providing data for the finder of fact as to causation and damages across the spectrum of civil litigation ranging from negligence to employment related issues. A description of forensic psychiatry and the in-depth process that is entailed regarding civil and criminal cases.
Article: 10 percent of new moms labor under depression. Dr. Bursztajn is quoted in the Boston Herald with succinct advice for new moms experiencing postpartum depression. Allegations such as lack of parental fitness or intentional infliction of emotional harm disputes sometimes arise in divorce and custody issues.
Wills and contracts are sometimes contested on the claim that the testator was not mentally competent to draw up the will or contract in question. Another question raised regarding each is the presence of undue influence or duress limiting voluntariness. The resulting lawsuits focus on reconstructing the state of mind of the testator at the time the will was created.
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