Reid W H, Wise M, Sutton B
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Austin.
Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1992 Sep;15(3):529-37.
The clinical professional encounters conflict whenever he or she enters the courtroom. The psychiatrist's approach must not be simply diagnostic or simply legal. We cannot shed our clinical identity; indeed, the court depends on our clinical identity and expertise in its search for the truth. The psychiatric expert must be able to translate his or her findings for the court, but these findings must come from clinical experience, not some solely legal perspective. The legal system needs our knowledge about the interfaces of mental illness, function, and behavior. After we provide our opinions, however, the legal issues must be left to the lawyers and the final determinations left to the judge or jury.
临床专业人员每当踏入法庭时都会面临冲突。精神科医生的方法不能仅仅是诊断性的，也不能仅仅是法律性的。我们不能抛开我们的临床身份；事实上，法庭在寻求真相的过程中依赖于我们的临床身份和专业知识。精神科专家必须能够向法庭阐释其调查结果，但这些结果必须来自临床经验，而不是某种单一的法律视角。法律系统需要我们关于精神疾病、功能和行为之间相互关系的知识。然而，在我们提供意见之后，法律问题必须留给律师，最终的裁决则留给法官或陪审团。
