Simpson Alexander
Law and Mental Health Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Head, Law and Mental Health Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Australas Psychiatry. 2011 Aug;19(4):331-4. doi: 10.3109/10398562.2011.579614. Epub 2011 Aug 18.
This paper responds to two articles in a recent issue of Australasian Psychiatry examining the names given to clinicians and forensic experts, and to the people to whom we give service.
The contextual issues that confront the psychiatrist-as-expert differ from those as the psychiatrist-as-therapist in certain important ways. The alteration of the name from patient into one more descriptive of their position, such as defendant or claimant, is protective for both the assessor and the assessed. It reminds all that the nature of the relationship is not primarily therapeutic.
本文回应了《澳大利亚和新西兰精神病学杂志》最近一期中的两篇文章，这些文章探讨了赋予临床医生和法医专家的称谓，以及我们为之提供服务的人群的称谓。
作为专家的精神科医生所面临的背景问题在某些重要方面与作为治疗师的精神科医生所面临的背景问题有所不同。将称谓从“患者”改为更能描述其身份的称谓，如“被告”或“索赔人”，对评估者和被评估者都有保护作用。它提醒所有人，这种关系的性质主要不是治疗性的。
