Types of Forensic Evaluations Performed
Over decades of practice of clinical and forensic psychiatry, Dr. Fliesser has done many different types of evaluations in psychiatry and the law. These include:
Criminal Matters:
• competence to stand trial
• criminal responsibility (i.e., sanity evaluations)
• capacity to serve criminal sentences
• presentencing psychiatric evaluations
Civil Matters:
• psychiatric malpractice
• testamentary capacity
• guardianship and other matters of specific competency
• personal/psychic injury
• tobacco litigation/addiction issues
• psychiatric disability and worker’s compensation-related issues
• civil commitment