Malpractice and Liability in Psychiatry (PDF)

Peter Ash, MD, DLFAPA

Emory University

Psychiatry and Law Services

Atlanta, Georgia

USA

Peter Ash, MD, DLFAPA, is a forensic child and adolescent psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Emory University where he directs the forensic psychiatry service and the forensic psychiatry fellowship. He is a past president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association, and the Georgia Council for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Further biographical information is available online at: http://jaapl.org/content/39/1/12

Richard L. Frierson, MD, DFAPA

Alexander G. Donald Professor of Psychiatry

Vice Chair for Education and Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship




Department of Neuropsychiatry andBehavioral Science



University of South Carolina School of Medicine



Columbia, South Carolina,

USA

Richard L. Frierson, M.D, DFAPA, is the Alexander G. Donald Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. He is a Past President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. He is recipient of the Seymour Pollack Award for distinguished lifetime contributions to the teaching and educational functions of forensic psychiatry. He has served on committees for Recertification in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Further biographical information is available online at: http://jaapl.org/content/47/1/7



Susan Hatters Friedman, MD, DFAPA

Case Western Reserve University

Forensic Psychiatry

Cleveland, Ohio

USA



Susan Hatters Friedman, MD, DFAPA, serves as the inaugural Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Friedman serves as President of the American