Elissa Benedek

Elissa P. Benedek M.D., is clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical Center. She is past president of the American Psychiatric Association (1990–91). She served as director of research and training at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for 25 years. In 1998, she testified for the U.S. Government in a lawsuit against Playboy Television about signal bleed of adult material on cable television.

Benedek was the primary psychiatry witness for Dr. Eric Fortich during one of the Elizabeth Morgan trials.

Books

* The Secret Worry (1984) ISBN 0-89885-133-5
* Emerging Issues in Child Psychiatry and the Law (editor, 1985) ISBN 0-87630-393-9
* Juvenile Homicide (1989) ISBN 0-88048-145-5
* Clinical Handbook of Child Psychiatry and the Law (editor, 1992) ISBN 0-683-07589-6
* New Directions for Mental Health Services, Emerging Issues in Forensic Psychiatry (1999) ISBN 0-7879-9901-6
* How to Help Your Child Overcome Your Divorce (co-author, 2001) ISBN 1-55704-461-9
* Principles and Practice of Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry (editor, 2003) ISBN 0-88048-956-1

Book Reviews

* [http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/54/10/1416-a Principles and Practice of Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry]

External links

* [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r101:S10MY0-349: Dr. Elissa P. Benedek, President of the American Psychiatric Association]
* [http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1997/nov/11-04-97/news/news5.html 'U' prof. faces trial on charges of improperly interviewing a child] and later follow-up letter to editor [http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1997/nov/11-14-97/edit/edit4.html Article about lawsuit was 'one-sided'] from a University representative.
* [http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/38/12/14 False Sex Abuse Accusations Lead to Revision of Theories] Story about "Principles" receiving the Manfred S. Guttmacher Award.
* [http://www.med.umich.edu/psych/education/forensic/forensic.htm Center for Forensic Psychiatry]