| Description |
1 online resource (1097 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; Acknowledgments; Editors; Contributors; PART 1 HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; 1 A conceptual framework for forensic psychiatry; 2 Defining forensic psychiatry: Roles and responsibilities; 3 History of forensic psychiatry; 4 Forensic psychiatric report writing; 5 Guidelines for courtroom testimony; 6 Practical issues in forensic psychiatric practice; 7 Education and training in forensic psychiatry |
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8 Forensic psychiatric ethics9 What makes it right: Foundations for professional ethics; 10 Liability of the forensic psychiatrist; 11 The death penalty; 12 Competence assessments; 13 Psychological autopsy and postmortem toxicology in forensic psychiatry; PART 2 LEGAL REGULAT ION OF PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE; 14 Informed consent and competence; 15 Hospitalization: Voluntary and involuntary; 16 Assisted outpatient treatment and outpatient commitment; 17 The right to treatment; 18 Treatment refusal in psychiatric practice; 19 Confidentiality and testimonial privilege; 20 The duty to protect |
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21 Treatment boundaries in psychiatric practice and sexual misconduct in the therapist-patient relationship22 The law and the physician: Ill physicians; 23 The law and physician prescribing of controlled substances; 24 Court oversight of psychotropic prescribing in youth in state custody; PART 3 FORENSIC EVALUATION AND TREATMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; 25 Forensic evaluation and treatment in the criminal justice system: Introduction; 26 Jail diversion, specialty court, and reentry services: Partnerships between behavioral health and justice systems; 27 Criminal competencies |
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28 Treatment for restoration of competence to stand trial29 Criminal responsibility; 30 Post-adjudication evaluations and disposition of insanity acquittees; 31 Presentencing evaluations; PART 4 CIVIL LAW; 32 Specific issues in psychiatric malpractice; 33 Psychiatric disability evaluations, workers' compensation, fitness-for-duty evaluations, and personal injury litigation; 34 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) evaluations; 35 Sexual harassment and gender discrimination; 36 Civil competencies; 37 Death, dying, and the law; PART 5 FAMILY LAW AND DOMESTIC RELAT IONS |
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38 Role of the psychiatric evaluator in child custody disputes39 Termination of parental rights and adoption; 40 Child abuse and neglect; 41 Juvenile delinquency; 42 Posttraumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents: Clinical and legal issues; 43 Forensic aspects of suicide and homicide in children and adolescents; 44 The child as a witness; 45 Neuropsychological assessment of children and adolescents: Clinical and forensic considerations; 46 Assessment and treatment of adolescent sex offenders; 47 Juvenile competency to stand trial, competency attainment, and remediation |
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48 Evaluating adolescent culpability |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Scott, Charles
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| ISBN |
9781482262308 |
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1482262304 |
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