title: Psychiatric/Psychological Injury and Law: Introduction.
abstract: This special issue on psychiatric/psychological injury and law covers major developments in the field, and illustrates the complexities for mental health professionals in dealing with psychiatric/psychological injuries in court. The articles vary in the range of topics covered, and include ones on posttraumatic stress disorder, other trauma reactions, dissociation, disability, pain, and traumatic brain injury, in particular but also new areas, such as the effects of early penile injury. Work in the area of psychiatric/psychological injury and law needs to be scientifically-informed, comprehensive, and impartial, and the series of articles to follow will help workers in the area meet this standard.
authors.affiliation: Glendon College, York University.
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology*