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Abstract: 

Charles Scott, M.D. is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of California, Davis. In this article, Dr. Scott analyzes the role of clinical experts in providing testimony in health and mental health care litigation, and lays out a set of rules for ensuring that expert testimony is reasonably unbiased, evidence-based, and reliable. Dr. Scott weighs the potential pros and cons of correctional litigation and looks ahead to issues that future correctional litigation is most likely to focus, including the need for an agreed upon definition of “serious mental illness” (SMI).

Keywords: Experts’ Responsibility and Roles in Correctional Litigation; “Serious Mental Illness” (SMI)

Affiliations:  1: University of California, Davis.