CROSS EXAMINING EXPERTS IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR FORMS
Chapter 1: Mental Health Experts: Science and the Law
§ 1:6. Voir Dire Questions Regarding Scientific Methodology
§ 1:7. Foundational Questions Regarding Peer-reviewed Journals
Chapter 2: Who Qualifies as an Expert?
§ 2:5. Treating Therapist vs. Expert Witness--Cross-examination
§ 2:7. Challenging post-graduate education--Cross-examining the graduate education of psychologists
§ 2:13. Challenging licensure, continuing education, and board certification--Cross-examining psychologists
§ 2:15. Challenging licensure, continuing education, and board certification-- Cross-examining psychiatrists
Chapter 3: Challenging Clinical Judgment
§ 3:3. Overlooking normalcy--Cross-examining the disregard of normalcy
§ 3:5. Preconceived expectations--Cross-examination
§ 3:7. Ruling In vs. Ruling Out--Cross-examination
§ 3:9. Selective recall of mental health professionals--Cross-examination
§ 3:11. Anchoring biases--Cross-examination
§ 3:13. Attribution bias--Cross-examination
§ 3:15. Cross-examination related to judgmental consistency
§ 3:17. Clinical Judgment vs. Actuarial Procedures--Cross-examination
Chapter 4: Challenging Claims of Professional Experience
§ 4:2. Claims of professional experience--Cross-examining unavailability of feedback
§ 4:4. Professional experience of psychologists-- Cross-examination questions
§ 4:6. The professional experience of psychiatrists--Cross-examination
§ 4:8. Claims of expertise as a treating therapist--Cross-examination questions
§ 4:10. Excessive reliance on personality theory--Cross-examination
§ 4:12. Cross-examining freudian theory
Chapter 5: Challenging Diagnostic Classification
§ 5:3. Cross-Examining the Perpetual Revisions of DSM Editions
§ 5:5. Cross-Examining The "Improved" DSM-IV
§ 5:7. Cross-Examining Atheoretical Definitions of Mental Disorder
§ 5:9. Cross-Examining the Forensic Use of DSM-IV
§ 5:11. Cross-Examining Definition of Stressful Event
§ 5:13. Cross-Examination Regarding Malingering and PTSD
§ 5:15. Cross-Examining the Unreliability of PTSD.
§ 5:17. Cross-Examining the Prevalence and Treatment of PTSD
§ 5:19. Cross-Examining the Reliability of Personality Disorder Diagnoses
§ 5:21. Cross-Examining the Reliability of Antisocial Personality Disorder Diagnoses
§ 5:23. Cross-Examining the Assumed Chronicity of Antisocial Personality Disorder
Chapter 6: Psychological Testing - Objecive Tests
§ 6:3. Cross-examining non-psychologists regarding psychological testing
§ 6:5. Cross-examining non-psychologists regarding psychological testing
§ 6:7. Cross-examination regarding examiner influences
§ 6:9. Cross-examination regarding ethical considerations and standards of practice
§ 6:16. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)-- Cross-examination regarding critical items
§ 6:20. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)--Norms for college students
§ 6:24. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)--Cross-examination of the Subtle-Obvious scales
§ 6:30. Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI)-cross examination
§ 6:33. Wechsler intelligence scales--Cross-Examining errors in administration
§ 6:35. Wechsler intelligence scales--Cross-examining the wechsler for black males
§ 6:37. Wechsler intelligence scales--Cross-Examining attempts at interpreting scatter
Chapter 7: Psychological Testing - Projective Tests
§ 7:3. Cross-examining the subjective nature of projective techniques
§ 7:5. The Rorschach technique--Cross-examining multiple scoring and interpretive systems
§ 7:7. The Rorschach technique--Cross-examining the Rorschach and psychoanalytic theory
§ 7:9. The Rorschach technique--Cross-examining the Rorschach and supplementary information
§ 7:11. The Rorschach technique--Cross-examining exner's Rorschach system and inter-rater reliability
§ 7:14. The Rorschach technique--Cross-examining exner's depression index
§ 7:16. The Rorschach technique --Cross-examining exner's egocentricity index and issues of peer-review
§ 7:18. The Rorschach technique --Cross-examining assumptions related to the Rorschach
§ 7:20. The Rorschach technique--Cross-examining the speculative excesses of the Rorschach
§ 7:23. The Rorschach technique--Cross-examining the clinical use of the Rorschach
§ 7:25. The Rorschach technique--Cross examining admissibility of the Rorschach in legal proceedings
§ 7:28. Projective drawings--Cross-examining general considerations re the DAP
§ 7:30. Projective drawings--Cross-examining popular assumptions re the DAP
§ 7:32. Thematic Apperception Test--Cross-examining the TAT
§ 7:34. Thematic Apperception Test--Cross-examining regarding the SCORS system
§ 7:36. The Bender-Gestalt test--Cross-examining the Bender-Gestalt
Chapter 8: Child Custody Practice
§ 8:3. Cross-examination regarding divorce and changing circumstances
§ 8:5. Child custody evaluations--Cross-examination regarding relevant criteria
§ 8:7. Child cusody evaluations--Cross-examination regarding "best interest" factors
§ 8:10. Psychological testing in child custody evaluations--Cross-examination
§ 8:12. Psychological testing in child custody evaluations--Cross-examining frequently used tests
§ 8:14. Psychological testing in child custody evaluations--Cross-examining the ASPECT
§ 8:16. Psychological testing in child custody evaluations--Cross-examining the Bricklin Perceptual Scales
Chapter 9: Predicting Future Violence
§ 9:3. Assessment of violence risk--Cross-examination re: Ethical and Testing Standards
§ 9:5. Assessment of violence risk--Cross-examination re APA Ethical Standard 2.02 (a)
§ 9:7. Assessment of violence risk--Cross-examination regarding Testing Standard 1.1
§ 9:9. Assessment of violence risk--Cross-examination re sensitivity-specificity tradeoff
§ 9:11. Assessment of violence risk--Cross-examination re testing standard 2.10
§ 9:13. Assessment of violence risk--Cross-examination re testing standard 6.1
§ 9:17. Assessment of violence risk--Cross-examination RE APA ethical standard 2.05
§ 9:24. Generally used methods for risk assessment --General considerations in cross-examining GCRAs
§ 9:28. Generally used methods for risk assessment --Cross-examining the SVR-20
§ 9:31. Predicting violence for mentally ill patients--Cross-examination
§ 9:34. Actuarial procedures--Cross-examining the HCR-20
§ 9:36. Actuarial procedures--Cross-examining the RRASOR
§ 9:38. Actuarial procedures--Cross-examining the MnSOST-R
Chapter 10: Psychotherapy and Appropriate Standards of Practice
§ 10:3. Cross-examining re ethical obligations and informed consent
§ 10:5. Appropriate treatment planning-cross-examination
§ 10:7. Appropriate treatment planning--Cross-examination re the "why now" question
§ 10:9. Social support--cross-examination questions
§ 10:11. Expressed emotion--Cross-examination questions
§ 10:13. Counterproductive treatment practices--Cross-examining blame-and-change maneuvers
§ 10:15. Counterproductive treatment practices--Cross-examining re victims, villains, and saviors
§ 10:17. Counterproductive treatment practices--Cross-examination re Strengths vs. Deficits
§ 10:21. Counterproductive treatment practices--Cross-examining analytic theory
§ 10:23. Claims of client satisfaction-cross-examination questions
§ 10:25. Therapist claims of treatment effectiveness--Cross-examination questions
§ 10:30. Suicide and mental health professional malpractice--Cross-examining assessment of suicidal risk
§ 10:34. Suicide and mental health professional malpractice--Cross-examining issues regarding hospitalization
§ 10:36. Suicide and mental health professional malpractice--Cross-examination regarding help negation
§ 10:42. Psychotherapy for children and adolescents--Cross-examining play therapy for children
Chapter 11: Sample Motions
§ 11:1. Motion for extended voir dire
§ 11:2. Memorandum in support of extended voir dire
§ 11:3. Motion to conduct Daubert hearing
§ 11:4. Memorandum in support of motion for Daubert hearing
§ 11:5. Motion in limine to exclude evidence of plaintiff's expert
§ 11:6. Memorandum in support of motion in limine to exclude expert witness
§ 11:7. Motion to conduct taint hearing
§ 11:8. Memorandum in support of motion to conduct taint hearing
§ 11:9. Motion to strike plaintiff's proposed expert witness
§ 11:10. Memorandum in support of motion to strike expert witness