Adversarial nature of the parties in the litigation, related to the assessment of mental health of participants
The article analyzes the problem of public distrust in the objectivity of the conclusions of forensic psychiatric examinations. It is stated that this is due to the lack of adversarial nature of the parties in real practice. It is concluded that the introduction of the principle of adversarial nature of the parties between an expert psychiatrist and a specialist psychiatrist can significantly increase the objectivity and reasonability of forensic psychiatric conclusions, reduce public distrust in them and increase the credibility of forensic psychiatry.