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16 J. Psychiatry & L. [i] (1988)

handle is hein.journals/jpsych16 and id is 1 raw text is: SPRING 1988 THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND LAW I Notes on Contributors 3 Editor's Page 7 Letter to the Editor A Legal and Behavioral Science Analysis of Statutory Guidelines for Children's Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: The Florida Case 9 What kind of a hearing should be held before a child is put into a mental institution? The authors compare recently proposed Flor- ida legislation with other proposals dealing with this and related issues. WINSOR C. SCHMIDT, J.D., LL.M. AND RANDY OTTO, PH.D Evaluation of the Treatment to Competency To Be Executed: A National Survey and an Analysis 67 Should mental health professionals treat incompetent prisoners to return them to competency to be executed? The author presents a national survey of attorneys general addressing this and related issues and examines the ethical implications. ROBERT D. MILLER, M.D., PH.D. Family Therapists as Expert Witnesses: Helping Family Court Understand a New Language 91 Family therapy is a discipline that started in the 1950's. The author examines the role of a family therapist as expert witness and makes recommendations to assist him in that role. JEFFREY J. P. WITTMANN, M.S. Book Section: Essays and Reviews 105 The Foundations of Justice: Why the Retarded and the Rest of Us Have Claims to Equality, by Robert M. Veatch, reviewed by Judith Wilson Ross, M.A. and Arthur Rosett, LL.B. 113 Suicide & Depression Among Adolescents & Young Adults, edited by Gerald L. Klerman; Law, Psychiatry, and Morality: Essays and Analysis, by Alan A. Stone, reviewed by Stjepan G. Mestrovid, Ph.D.