Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry, Second Edition

Book title......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Preface to the first edition......Page 14
Preface to the second edition......Page 16
List of contributors......Page 18
PART 1 HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY......Page 24
1 A conceptual framework for forensic psychiatry......Page 26
2 Defining forensic psychiatry: roles and responsibilities......Page 30
3 History of forensic psychiatry......Page 37
4 Forensic psychiatric report writing......Page 54
5 Guidelines for courtroom testimony......Page 60
6 Practical issues in forensic psychiatric practice......Page 68
7 Education and training in forensic psychiatry......Page 75
8 Ethical guidelines......Page 79
9 Liability of the forensic psychiatrist......Page 96
10 The death penalty......Page 102
11 Competence assessments......Page 108
12 Psychological autopsy......Page 112
PART 2 LEGAL REGULATION OF PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE......Page 118
13 Informed consent and competency......Page 120
14 Hospitalization: voluntary and involuntary......Page 130
15 Involuntary civil commitment to outpatient treatment......Page 139
16 The right to treatment......Page 144
17 Treatment refusal in psychiatric practice......Page 152
18 Confidentiality and testimonial privilege......Page 160
19 The duty to protect......Page 170
20 Treatment boundaries in psychiatric practice......Page 179
21 Sexual misconduct in the therapist–patient relationship......Page 188
22 The law and physician illness......Page 196
PART 3 FORENSIC EVALUATION AND TREATMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM......Page 204
23 Introduction......Page 206
24 Criminal competence......Page 209
25 Criminal responsibility......Page 236
26 Novel mental disorders......Page 256
27 Post-conviction dispositional evaluations......Page 262
PART 4 CIVIL LAW......Page 270
28 Specific issues in psychiatric malpractice......Page 272
29 Psychiatric disability determinations and personal injury litigation......Page 283
30 Americans with Disabilities Act evaluations......Page 296
31 Sexual harassment......Page 305
32 Trauma-induced psychiatric disorders and civil law......Page 313
33 Neuropsychiatric assessments in toxic exposure litigation......Page 324
34 Civil competencies......Page 331
35 Death, dying, and the law......Page 339
PART 5 FAMILY LAW AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS......Page 352
36 Role of the psychiatric evaluator in child custody disputes......Page 354
37 Termination of parental rights and adoption......Page 371
38 Childhood attachment, foster care and placement......Page 389
39 Forensic evaluation of physically and sexually abused children......Page 400
40 Juvenile delinquency......Page 412
41 Posttraumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents: clinical and legal issues......Page 419
42 Forensic aspects of suicide and homicide in children and adolescents......Page 430
43 The child as a witness......Page 442
44 Violent adolescent offenders......Page 464
45 Adolescent sexual offenders......Page 478
46 Neuroimaging in child and adolescent psychiatry......Page 486
PART 6 CORRECTIONAL PSYCHIATRY......Page 496
47 The history of correctional psychiatry......Page 498
48 Standards for the delivery of mental health services in a correctional setting......Page 507
49 The structure of correctional mental health services......Page 512
50 Administrative and staffing problems for psychiatric services in correctional and forensic settings......Page 528
51 Issues in the prevention and detection of suicide potential in correctional facilities......Page 536
52 The psychosocial basis of prison riots......Page 542
53 The right to refuse treatment in a criminal law setting......Page 549
54 Psychiatric ethics in the correctional setting......Page 556
PART 7 SPECIAL CLINICAL ISSUES IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY......Page 564
55 Malingering......Page 566
56 Antisocial personality, psychopathy and forensic psychiatry......Page 578
57 Dangerousness......Page 587
58 Violence: causes and non-psychopharmacological treatment......Page 595
59 Pharmacological treatment of violent behaviors......Page 602
60 Violence and epilepsy: an approach to expert testimony......Page 612
61 Brain disease: forensic neuropsychiatric issues......Page 626
62 Forensic neuropsychology......Page 635
63 Psychological and psychiatric measures in forensic practice......Page 644
64 Culture and ethnicity......Page 654
65 Hypnosis and dissociation......Page 661
66 Amnesia, amytal interviews and polygraphy......Page 666
67 Geriatric psychiatry and the law......Page 674
68 Terrorism and forensic psychiatry......Page 684
69 Torture and brainwashing......Page 692
70 Substance abuse and addiction......Page 695
71 Psychopharmacological treatment of sex offenders......Page 708
72 Prosecution of assaultive patients......Page 722
73 Treatment of sex offenders......Page 728
74 Sexually violent predator laws......Page 740
75 Brain imaging......Page 747
76 Stalking......Page 751
77 Head trauma: a practical approach to the evaluation of symptom exaggeration......Page 759
78 Psychiatric abuse in North America......Page 764
79 Actuarial methods for violence and sex-offender risk assessments......Page 773
80 ERISA, healthcare and the courts......Page 779
PART 8 BASIC ISSUES IN LAW......Page 784
81 The philosophy of law and the foundations (sources) of law......Page 786
82 The court system and the legislative process......Page 792
83 A model of constitutional adjudication: the equal protection doctrine......Page 797
84 An introduction to tort law......Page 803
85 An introduction to civil procedure......Page 812
86 An introduction to criminal procedure......Page 819
87 Punishment......Page 827
88 Legal research on the Web......Page 834
PART 9 LANDMARK CASES IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY......Page 840
89 Introduction......Page 842
90 Civil law and family law cases in forensic psychiatry......Page 843
91 Criminal law and forensic psychiatry......Page 854
92 Legal regulation of psychiatry......Page 873
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