When the Law of Scientific Evidence Collides with Medical Practice
The calculus involved in revoking the shaken baby syndrome diagnosis needs careful evaluation.
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By Alex Stein Most psychiatrists don’t know about it, but the switch from Frye to Daubert in the admission of expert testimony matters for them a lot. Psychiatrists treat patients with second-generation antipsychotics: Zyprexa, Risperdal, Clozaril, Seroquel, and similar drugs. A reputable, but still controversial, body of research links those drugs to tardive dyskinesia: a serious…