美国刑事诉讼模式是采取对抗主义模式,中国刑事诉讼模式是职权主义模式。由于诉讼模式的差异,对于精神病鉴定的启动也有很大的区别。本文从美国法律和中国法律关于精神病鉴定程序启动的区别切入,来探讨我国是否应当规定当事人享有启动精神病鉴定的权利。 American criminal litigation mode is to take antagonism mode, China’s criminal litigation mode is the power mode. Because of the differences in litigation models, there is also a big difference between the initiation of psychiatric appraisal. This article from the United States law and Chinese law on the identification of psychiatric illness started the distinction between the cut, to explore whether our country should provide the parties to start the right to start the identification of psychosis.