Cochrane Expert Testimony

Psychological Assessments:

Dr. Cochrane uses the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) combined with thorough interview procedures to produce accurate, reliable and well written psychological reports.

Dr. Cochrane has assessed the psychological health of physicians for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., of lawyers for the Law Society of B.C., of pharmacists for the College of Pharmacists of B.C. and he has provided addiction assessments, treatment recommendations and expert testimony for the Registered Nurses Association of B.C. on numerous occasions. He has also provided assessments and reports for a number of insurance companies and law firms.

He also provides consultations to law firms concerning formal and informal assessments provided by other health professionals. Sometimes important aspects of assessments can be based on erroneous assumptions, misinterpretations or opinion and meaning attribution rather than on credible science. There is much that we don't know in psychology but when testimony is based on what we know that isn't so, justice is poorly served.

Dr. Cochrane also provides consultation to law firms concerning the reliability and validity of a number of assessment instruments. Assessment tools such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Rorschach Ink Blot Test for example, are not sufficiently reliable to be utilized in legal decisions.