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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART 1 HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY
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PART 2 LEGAL REGULATION OF PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE
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PART 3 FORENSIC EVALUATION AND TREATMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
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PART 4 CIVIL LAW
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PART 5 FAMILY LAW AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
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PART 6 CORRECTIONAL PSYCHIATRY
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PART 7 AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE
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PART 8 PSYCHOLOGICAL AND NEUROIMAGING ASSESSMENTS
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PART 9 SPECIAL TOPICS IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY
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PART 10 BASIC ISSUES IN LAW
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PART 11 LANDMARK CASES IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY