article, summarize and analyze the decisions made regarding confidentiality and disclosure in forensic evaluations
article, summarize and analyze the decisions made regarding confidentiality and disclosure in forensic evaluations
After reading the Northrop and Sadoff (2013) article, summarize and analyze the decisions made regarding confidentiality and disclosure in forensic evaluations. In your main post, be sure to address the following:
- What are the main facts of the case?
- What were the major findings and rulings?
- What were Chief Justice Kilbride’s main reasons for dissenting?
- How does the court’s ruling compare/contrast with the APA Ethics Code? Consider the specific General Principles and Ethical Standards that relate.
- Do you agree with the court’s ruling? Why or why not
Northrop, J. K., & Sadoff, R. L. (2013). Confidentiality and Disclosure of the Forensic Examination. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law, 41(2), 302. https://pdfs.
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In the assigned article, the authors delve into a case where the court used a forensic examination that had been conducted in the past on a child custody case. In the case, Johnston, a young lady, married Sean McCann and together they had a son. They later divorced, and Johnston married another man by the name Andrew Weil and the two had a daughter together before divorcing. McCann later filed for modification of the joint custody with her (Northrop, & Sadoff, 2013). The court ordered an independent psychiatrist to evaluate the custody. Weil also…………………….
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