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A Primer for Cross-Examining Mental Health Professionals
The involvement of mental health professionals in the adjudication of custody disputes is a relatively new phenomenon. Three decades ago, there were fewer than a dozen books written by and for mental health practitioners, offering information concerning evaluation methods and related matters. The vast majority of mental health professionals who are currently offering their services as evaluators received their graduate school training in health-related topics. As mental health professionals in increasing numbers began expressing an interest in performing custody evaluations, programs designed to provide re-training opportunities were developed by organizations such as the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the American Academy of Forensic Psychology. Many practitioners took advantage of re-training opportunities and developed expertise in this emerging area. Some practitioners elected to obtain ersatz credentials from organizations that had been established by creative entrepreneurs for the purpose of selling credentials. Unfortunately, there are now so many that listing them all would be impractical.
In medicine, psychology, and social work, the traditional certifying boards granting “diplomate” status (board certification) in recognition of proficiency in a specialty all emerged from and were supported by the parent organizations of the professions (American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, and National Association of Social Workers). In each case, there was a desire among members of the parent organization to develop a procedure by which members with a demonstrably advanced level of knowledge, training, and experience in a specific specialty could submit themselves to a peer-conducted review of evidence of their mastery and obtain formal recognition of their proficiency upon successful completion of the process (Golding, 1999).
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