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Correctly utilizing an emotional damages expert will help maximize their effectiveness when providing psychiatric testimony and opining on various competency issues (e.g., to be tried, to enter a plea, to be sentenced, etc.).

With these six tips, you can help “ambush proof” your case and achieve the best outcome for your client: https://fpamed.com/tips-best-use-emotional-damages-expert/

Forensic neuropsychiatrists are medical professionals who specialize in the intersection of neurology (i.e. brain structure and function), psychiatry (disorders of human behavior), and the legal system. Due to their unique background, there are many instances where a forensic neuropsychiatrist may be called upon in a case to provide insight regarding the brain and behavior.

Learn how forensic neuropsychiatrist expertise may help clarify complex medical and psychological concepts and help ensure that individuals receive a fair and just legal outcome: https://fpamed.com/when-retain-forensic-neuropsychiatrist-expert-witness/

You will build a strong case and achieve the best possible outcome by choosing the right forensic psychiatric expert. But how do you know which expert is right for you? The below are the 6 factors to consider.

- Education and training
- Board Certification
- Communication ability
- Experience
- Integrity
- Availability

Read why each are crucial to finding the forensic psychiatric expert for your case: https://fpamed.com/6-tips-for-choosing-the-right-forensic-psychiatric-expert/

Brain activity is presumably the source of our thoughts, feelings, soul, and identity. But how?
Neuroscience aims to understand this question and thus has become an area of interest for the court of law and the public.

Modern neuroscience is exciting and challenging in the courtroom. It can be used to reveal amazingly hidden data and clarify brain function for the trier of fact. However, neuroscientific data can also, at times, be misleading. It can be used manipulatively as a shiny and distracting object, implying false exactitude that currently lacks. For example, modern neuroscientific imaging is sexy, multicolored, and attention-grabbing. However, it can also be employed to misrepresent, mislead, and confuse the jury by presenting as dispositive truth what is, at best, only scientific conjecture.

Therefore, it behooves every trial attorney who is either introducing or confronting modern neuroscientific data to understand the limits of what it can reveal as scientific truth… as well as what it currently cannot.

At fpamed, we have a team of neuropsychiatrists who use behavioral evidence and neuroevidence, such as brain scans, to provide evidence-based opinions. We are uniquely trained to understand the incredible abilities of science but also understand its limitations.

Learn what neuroscience can and cannot answer:https://fpamed.com/wp-content/uploads/Choi-2017-JAPPL-editorial-What-neuroscience-can-and-cannot-answer.pdf