People v. Gans’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “With regard to the question of whether or not a non-medical mental health professional may diagnose mental disorders and provide an expert opinion as to that diagnosis, I note that clinical social work, as a profession, is one of the core mental health disciplines. As are psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, clinical social workers are skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists, who are physicians, bring their expertise in the understanding of organic pathology, psychopharmacology and other somatic treatments to the mental health field. Clinical psychologists, being scientists who study human behavior as well as being non-medical mental health professionals, bring their particular skills in research and in the study of behavior to the mental health field. It can be noted that clinical social workers, also non-medical mental health professionals, bring their expertise in dealing with the relationship between social and emotional functioning as well as their expertise in social policy and in environmental intervention to the mental health field. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—Third Edition (DSM III) represents the current guide for the diagnosis of mental disorders in the United States. The diagnostic criteria set forth in the DSM III were validated during field trials. These field trials were carried out by professionals from the disciplines of Psychiatry, Psychology, Clinical Social Work and Psychiatric Nursing. B”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Detention of As · State v. A.S.