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ArticlePsychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law2017

Antecedents, Behaviours, and Court Case Characteristics and Their Effects on Case Outcomes in Litigation for Persons with Schizophrenia.

Melissa LaVan, Helen LaVan, William M Marty Martin

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Article in Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Melissa LaVanThe Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Grand Island, NE, USA.
Helen LaVanDePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8691-8538
William M Marty MartinDePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA.

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Abstract

A 10% random sample of 3543 cases litigated in the United States' civil and criminal courts were analysed using logistic regression to develop a model that can predict case outcomes for litigants with schizophrenia. Most predictors are related to case characteristics and not to the litigants' antecedents, behaviours or medication issues. Only the psychologist as an expert witness was found to be related to case outcome, but the concern is expressed that inadequate weight is given to expert testimony. Other significant findings include being represented by counsel, atypical medication and malingering.

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civil and criminal litigationcourtcriminal justiceexpert witnesslegislationlogistic regressionmental illnessschizophrenia

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PMID31983996
PMCPMC6818312

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