ABSTRACT

The third edition of this award-winning textbook has been revised and thoroughly updated. Building on the success of the previous editions, it continues to address the history and practice of forensic psychiatry, legal regulation of the practice of psychiatry, forensic evaluation and treatment, psychiatry in relation to civil law, criminal law and family law, as well as correctional forensic psychiatry. New chapters address changes in the assessment and treatment of aggression and violence as well as psychological and neuroimaging assessments.

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PART 1 HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

chapter 11|8 pages

The death penalty

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PART 2 LEGAL REGULATION OF PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE

chapter 14|10 pages

Informed consent and competence

chapter 17|10 pages

The right to treatment

chapter 20|10 pages

The duty to protect

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PART 3 FORENSIC EVALUATION AND TREATMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

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PART 5 FAMILY LAW AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

chapter 40|16 pages

Child abuse and neglect

chapter 41|8 pages

Juvenile delinquency

chapter 44|16 pages

The child as a witness

chapter 48|8 pages

Evaluating adolescent culpability

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PART 6 CORRECTIONAL PSYCHIATRY

chapter 58|8 pages

Hunger strikes by inmates

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PART 7 AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE

chapter 62|10 pages

Mass murder

chapter 63|10 pages

Terrorism

chapter 64|12 pages

Traditional stalking

chapter 66|8 pages

Mental illness and firearms

chapter 67|10 pages

Women and violence

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PART 9 SPECIAL TOPICS IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

chapter 74|10 pages

Malingering

chapter 79|8 pages

Substance abuse and addiction

chapter 83|8 pages

Health care and the courts

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PART 10 BASIC ISSUES IN LAW

chapter 92|8 pages

Tort law and the psychiatrist

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PART 11 LANDMARK CASES IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY