title: Improving mental fitness reports of candidates for police officer and fire fighter.
abstract: On the basis of 18 years of experience on the Medical Review Panel of the New Jersey Department of Personnel, the author points out some shortcomings commonly observed in psychological/psychiatric evaluative reports on mental fitness of police officer and fire fighter candidates. Each shortcoming is noted under one of two headings, i.e., routine information or inferences.
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway 08854-5635, USA.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D009515:New Jersey; D016272:Occupational Health; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012926:Social Control, Formal