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(110,298 posts)including the doctor who prepared the report.
The investigative reporter, Andy Thibault, shared the Yale-New Haven report and court documents with Dr. Diane Schetky. She is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont, and co-author of the textbook, Child Sexual Abuse, and co-editor of Clinical Handbook of Child Psychiatry and the Law.
http://www.andythibault.com/columns/CT%20Magazine%20-%20Apr%2097.htm
· The Yale team used psychologists on Allen's payroll to make mental health conclusions. "That seems like a blatant conflict of interest; they should have excluded themselves," Schetky says.
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Custody recommendations were made even though the team never saw Allen and any of the children together. "I'd sure want that information," Schetky says.
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The team refused to interview witnesses who could have corroborated the molestation claims.
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The team destroyed its notes. "I don't know why they would," Schetky says. "They shouldn't have anything to hide, unless there's disagreement."
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Leventhal, the only medical doctor on the team, did not interview Dylan. "How can you write about someone you've never seen?" Schetky asks.