Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Forensic Minefield

Excellent article documenting the range of issues that surround the use of the diagnosis Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) within civil and criminal proceedings. Among the issues addressed in the article are:

The credibility of expert testimony

Mitigation in sentencing

Misconceptions regarding the nature of trauma and stress

Misdiagnosis

Forensic assessment

This article was first published in Psychiatric Times in December 2005

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