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.
Author(s): Richard Rosner, Charles Scott
Edition: 3rd Edition
Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 1097
Tags: Forensic Psychiatry: United States, Medical: Forensic Medicine, Medical: Preventive Medicine
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 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 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 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 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
