This is a short yet practical guide for mental health professionals who wish to change or expand their practices into forensic work. It contains everything those practitioners need to know about beginning and maintaining a successful and ethical forensic practice. It is be useful, quickly readable, and easy to understand with lots of summary texts and examples.

Getting Started. Vocabulary. Lawyer-Expert Relationships. Records and Record Review. Evaluations. Reports and Affidavits. Deposition and Trial Testimony. Fees and Billing. Ethics. Marketing. Your Office and Office Procedures. Liability in Forensic Practice. Simpson, A Lawyer's Perspective on Forensic Mental Health Experts. Appendices.

William H. Reid, MD, MPH, past president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, has practiced forensic psychiatry for over 35 years in private settings, medical schools, and the public sector.