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The Psychiatrist and Child Custody Contests

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1687

The author discusses problems in divorce cases involving children—problems of securing adequate representation for the children, determining their best interests, and discovering the effect of the divorce procedure on them. He recommends establishing better legislative and psychiatric guidelines to protect children in divorce cases.

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