@article{ref1,
title="Bias and expert testimony of mental health professionals in adversarial proceedings: A preliminary investigation",
journal="Behavioral sciences and the law",
year="1989",
author="Otto, Randy K.",
volume="7",
number="2",
pages="267-273",
abstract="The role of mental health professionals testifying as expert witnesses has been the subject of increasing criticism. Cases in which opposing experts reach different conclusions are dismissed as &quot;battles of the experts&quot; and psychologists and psychiatrists are described as &quot;hired guns.&quot; This preliminary, analogue study examined the degree to which the opinions and testimony of mental health professionals may differ according to which side retains the expert. <br><br>RESULTS provided some support for the proposition that mental health professionals' testimony may vary according to the side by which they are retained.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-3936",
doi="10.1002/bsl.2370070210",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2370070210"
}