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2014

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Introduction: Mental Health, Psychology, And The Law, Mary Kay Kisthardt Jan 2014

Introduction: Mental Health, Psychology, And The Law, Mary Kay Kisthardt

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The authors coordinated and edited a symposium law review issue on Mental Health, Psychology and the Law. The Introduction summarizes submissions that included a memoir from an author whose family members were consumers of mental health services, legal scholars and practitioners who use mental health evidence to defend clients facing the death penalty, and the duty of attorneys to tend to their own mental health care needs while dealing with these emotionally heavy issues.