ABSTRACT

The second edition of this award-winning textbook has been thoroughly revised and updated throughout. Building on the success of the first edition, the book continues to address the History and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry, Legal Regulation of the Practice of Psychiatry, Psychiatry in relation to Civil Law, Criminal Law, and Family Law. Importan

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PART 1 HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY: ROBERT WEINSTOCK

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PART 2 LEGAL REGULATION OF PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE: HAROLD I. SCHWARTZ

chapter 16|8 pages

The right to treatment

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PART 3 FORENSIC EVALUATION AND TREATMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: ROBERT D. MILLER

chapter 23|3 pages

Introduction

chapter 24|27 pages

Criminal competence

chapter 25|20 pages

Criminal responsibility

chapter 26|6 pages

Novel mental disorders

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PART 4 CIVIL LAW: STEPHEN RACHLIN

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PART 5 FAMILY LAW AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS: STEPHEN B. BILLICK

chapter 40|7 pages

Juvenile delinquency

chapter 43|22 pages

The child as a witness

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PART 6 CORRECTIONAL PSYCHIATRY: ABRAHAM L. HALPERN AND RONNIE B. HARMON

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PART 7 SPECIAL CLINICAL ISSUES IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY: ROBERT WEINSTOCK

chapter 55|12 pages

Malingering

chapter 65|5 pages

Hypnosis and dissociation

chapter 67|10 pages

Geriatric psychiatry and the law

chapter 69|3 pages

Torture and brainwashing

chapter 75|4 pages

Brain imaging

chapter 76|8 pages

Stalking

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PART 8 BASIC ISSUES IN LAW: ROBERT LLOYD GOLDSTEIN

chapter 87|7 pages

Punishment

chapter 88|6 pages

Legal research on the Web

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PART 9 LANDMARK CASES IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY: HOWARD OWENS