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1 J. Psychiatry & L. [i] (1973)

handle is hein.journals/jpsych1 and id is 1 raw text is: SPRING 1973 THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND LAW I Notes on Contributors 3 Editors' Page The Psychiatrist as Advocate The psychiatrist as an expert witness must act as an advocate in order to help bring about important legal reforms. BERNARD L. DIAMOND, M.D. Psychiatry Kills: A Critical Evaluation of Dr. Thomas Szasz 23 The author argues that many of Szasz 'arguments are not well founded and are often based on distortions and demagoguery. ALAN A. STONE, M.D. Psychiatric Misjudgments in German Restitution Proceedings: Blindness or Spite? Explores the role of psychiatry in evaluating restitution claims for children who suffered under Nazi persecution. MARTIN WANGH, M.D. A Preliminary Investigation into the Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward the Legal Rights of Mental Patients 49 Mental health workers' attitudes toward, and knowledge of legal rights of mental patients are surveyed. Attitudes were found to be favorable but knowledge was deficient. RONA LAVES AND ALAN COHEN

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