Read the Apricot™ and Apply the Advice - Cross-Examining Psych Doctors, Tip #96

     I’ve been writing Apricots for about eight years.  Apricots™ are work-product privileged reports designed to help attorneys cross-examine mental health professionals such as forensic psychologists, forensic psychiatrists, psychotherapists, social workers etc.  An Apricot™ describes all of the substantial flaws in a psych report in jargon-free, non-technical language. An Apricot™ also provides a list of questions and techniques that will help get those flaws on the record despite what might be the doctor’s evasive or non-co-operative behavior.  In this regard, any attorney who has commissioned an Apricot™ is strongly urged to read it’s complete contents and to apply the advice I’ve given in the Apricot™ for the best possible outcomes with the case.  I intentionally put strong emphasis on reading the contents and apply the advice.  For instance, you’ll find in the contents of my Apricots™ the recommendation that you focus your questioning on the weakest part of the doctor’s report, which is their diagnosis.  If you don’t take this advice and pursue a different line of questioning on cross-examination you’ve wasted the your client’s money that paid for the Apricot™!