Does the evidence in a mental health case need to be classified as a syndrome?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. McAlpin, 283 Cal.Rptr. 382, 53 Cal.3d 1289, 812 P.2d 563 (Cal. 1991):
6 The evidence is of assistance to the jury even though the mental health profession has not--or not yet--formally labeled it as a "syndrome." (See People v. Bowker, supra, 203 Cal.App.3d 385, 392, fn. 8, 249 Cal.Rptr. 886 ["An expert has little need to refer to the syndrome in order to testify that a particular type of behavior is not inconsistent with a child having been abused."].)
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