title: Commentary: forensic evaluation of military personnel.
abstract: Forensic psychiatric evaluations of military personnel in civil litigation are reportedly infrequent. One such case involved former prisoners of war after Operation Desert Storm. These evaluations presented many challenges to the evaluators with regard to resources and time limitations. Discussion of these issues is relevant to forensic evaluations generally.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. wettsteins@aol.com
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Wettstein
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D047830:Gulf War; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014104:Torture / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States