| Description |
1 online resource (184 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Contents; Introduction; Author; chapter 1: Proactivity; chapter 2: Preparation; chapter 3: Performance; chapter 4: Positivity; chapter 5: Overview; chapter 6: Civil; chapter 7: Criminal; chapter 8: Special issues; chapter 9: Legal regulation of psychiatry; chapter 10: Civil; chapter 11: Criminal; chapter 12: Death penalty; chapter 13: Corrections/correctional healthcare; chapter 14: Legal systems/basic law; chapter 15: Children and families; chapter 16: Special issues; chapter 17: Board-style questions; chapter 18: Board-style questions and answers; Legal case references |
| Summary |
The field of forensic psychiatry attracts physicians interested in learning how the law intersects with mental health. It is a board certified specialty that requires a medical degree, successful completion of a psychiatry residency program, and then further graduation from a one-year intensive forensic psychiatry fellowship program. After that doctors are ready to take their forensic psychiatry board exam and become fully qualified forensic psychiatrists. This text is a study guide for doctors applying for forensic psychiatry boards and those seeking recertification. It provides brief explana |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Forensic psychiatry -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Forensic sciences -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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Forensic psychiatry
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Forensic sciences
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781498716109 |
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1498716105 |
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