When is an expert not an expert? Question time for expert psychiatric witnesses

Are there impartial expert psychiatric witnesses?

An expert psychiatric witness is court appointed in about 30 states when the insanity defense is raised. 1.2 This defense evokes powerful prejudices. toward either condemnation or compassion, and has generated polemical debate.:1 Similarly, psychiatric opinion is required in procedures of competency to stand trial and sexual offenses of many varieties that stimulate feelings ranging from shock ...

Developing an Expert System for Diabetics Treatment Advices

Today, expert systems are widely applied in medicine for prognosis, diagnosis, checkup, and treatment of various kinds of diseases. A comprehensive system for the checkup and treatment of different types of diabetes is still lacking. This paper reports development of such a system, its validation, and its utility in facilitating medical decision-making and supporting self-care.

Designing an expert system for diagnosis of TB

What is an expert?

Coral reefs are iconic, high-diversity, ecosystems that currently face an unprecedented set of hazards threatening their long-term existence. While widely recognized for being highly diverse, the extent of the diversity is still very poorly known. Much of it is yet to be discovered, and there is more than an order of magnitude uncertainty around the total number of multi-cellular species they h...

Being an Effective Psychiatric Expert Witness

Many psychiatrists feel intimidated by or frightened about courtroom testimony. However, with the proper preparation, the psychiatrist need not have a difficult experience. It is the role of an expert witness to educate the court on matters that are beyond a layperson's understanding. In about 80% of civil cases and 50% of felony prosecutions, litigants call on expert witness testimony.1 The co...