An annotated bibliography for the testifying child and adolescent psychiatrist.

To persuade a fact finder that a forensic opinion has a scientific basis, it is often useful to cite professional literature that supports one's opinions or procedures. If the admissibility of one's opinion is challenged in a Daubert hearing, citing literature is almost always required to support the claim that the expert's opinion relies on scientific facts or proceeds from scientific methodology. This annotated bibliography provides a sampling of articles that may be useful in bolstering testimony. The sample selected here is not comprehensive, but provides examples of literature that may be cited by forensic child and adolescent psychiatric experts.