Am J Psychiatry 1977; 134:435-436
Copyright © 1977 by American Psychiatric Association
Lawyers' use of psychiatry: II
EP Benedek and ML Selzer
The authors surveyed 124 attorneys by mail questionnaires regarding their
use of and attitudes toward psychiatric referrals. They found that,
compared with a similar survey in 1965, fewer attorneys made referrals, but
those who did made more. As in 1965, domestic problems were the usual
reasons for referral in 1975; however, substantially more referrals of
criminal defendants were made in 1975.
