The Forensic Psychiatric Home Page on the Web -- The Intrapsychic, Interpersonal
and Professional Dimensions
Harold J. Bursztajn, MD
Raymond Han
The authors review their experiences with creating and maintaining a
Forensic Psychiatry Home Page on the World Wide Web. An introduction
is given to the World Wide Web for the uninitiated. Intrapsychic
dimensions are explored, such as the conflict between the wish to
present one's own work while still in a developmental stage to a
wider public and the fear that it will be misappropriated or unfairly
criticized. Interpersonal dimensions will be explored in terms of
reactions of friends, patients, and colleagues to coming across one's
home page. Professional dimensions will be reviewed by focusing on
a sampling of existing Forensic Psychiatric Home Pages, a content
analysis of similarities and differences, and a review of the feedback
to the author's home page in the context of forensic psychiatric
case referral, evaluation, and testimony.
References:
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Gardner H. Frames
Of Mind: The Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
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Basic Books, 1993.
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Searle JR. The
Construction of Social Reality.
Free Press, 1997.
The preceeding is an abstract of a paper being prepared. If you have
any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact the authors, Harold
J. Bursztajn, M.D or Raymond
Han. Thank you.
