Isaac Ray and the development of American psychiatry and the law.
This article on historical aspects of forensic psychiatry focuses on the work of Isaac Ray, the father of American forensic psychiatry and places current issues in proper perspective. Dr. Quen, a leading forensic psychiatry historian, provides a comprehensive background to this symposium on psychiatry and the law.
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