This empirically based book represents state-of-the-art forensic techniques in the rapidly changing field of child custody evaluation.

This book presents the latest data-based approaches to understanding and assessing relevant child, parent and family factors in child custody evaluation.

Focused on providing the best approach to protecting your clientand’s interests, this work explains all the leading testing instruments, what conclusions may be drawn and how to challenge or support those conclusions.

This volume provides practical information and proven guidelines to help clinicians from any background understand their role in legal proceedings-and participate effectively, ethically, and with minimal stress.

Mental health professionals are often called on to give evidence or expert testimony in a range of circumstances, including family law and child welfare trials, mental health hearings, malpractice lawsuits, criminal trials, government ...