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Mental Health Services to the Courts

A System Isolated from Judicial Administration

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Criminal Court Consultation

Part of the book series: Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law ((CIAP,volume 5))

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In 1917, John Rathbone Oliver was a young psychiatrist at the Henry Phipps Psychiatric clinic of Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital.1 A few blocks away was a small police court. Occasionally, the magistrate of the court would drop by the clinic to discuss cases that he referred to the clinic for diagnoses. Striking up a friendship with the magistrate, Oliver began visiting the court, frequently sitting beside the magistrate on the bench as cases were being heard by the court.

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  1. Institute on Mental Disability and the Law, National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, USA

    Ingo Keilitz

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director) (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director)

  2. American Board of Forensic Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director) (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director)

  3. Forensic Psychiatry Clinic for the New York Criminal and Supreme Courts (First Judicial Department), New York, NY, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director) (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director)

  4. Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Alcoholism Services of the City of New York, New York, NY, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director) (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director)

  5. Forensic Psychiatry Clinic for the New York Criminal and Supreme Courts (First Judicial Department), New York, NY, USA

    Ronnie B. Harmon M.A. (Administrative Director) (Administrative Director)

  6. Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services of the City of New York, New York, NY, USA

    Ronnie B. Harmon M.A. (Administrative Director) (Administrative Director)

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Keilitz, I. (1989). Mental Health Services to the Courts. In: Rosner, R., Harmon, R.B. (eds) Criminal Court Consultation. Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0739-6_3

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