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Dr. Goldyne is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Address for correspondence: Adam J. Goldyne, MD, 3701 Sacramento St., #131, San Francisco, CA 94118. E-mail: agoldynemd{at}mac.com
The forensic psychiatrist's efforts to strive for objectivity may be impaired by unrecognized unconscious biases. The author presents a framework for understanding such biases. He then offers a practical approach for individual forensic psychiatrists who want to identify and minimize the influence of previously unrecognized biases on their evaluations.
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