Recommended Titles and Treatises

Trial Practice

Psychological evaluations for the courts: a handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers

by Gary B. Melton. Guilford Press. 3rd edition. 2007.
Updated by new edition.

The preface states "the third edition is aimed at two groups: mental health professionals who are involved in performing psychological evaluations for the courts, and lawyers and judges who request such evaluations. Its purpose is to provide these groups with a comprehensive guide to the issues the legal system has most commonly asked clinicians to address."