This Second Edition of Forensic Psychiatry covers the clinical, legal, and ethical issues for the treatment of mentally disordered offenders for all of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland jurisdictions. Written by an expert interdisciplinary team from the fields of both law and psychiatry, this is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide which includes clinical observations, guidance, and ethical advice across the psychiatric discipline. The title has been updated with expanded topics on developmental disorders, neuroscience and its use in legal settings, human rights law, dementia, and traumatic brain injury. New legal cases have also been incorporated to reflect changes in legislation, including but not limited to diminished responsibility, deprivation of liberty, and automatism. There are also new parts on forensic psychotherapy, cross-cultural diagnostic validity, and radicalisation. Alongside practical advice on managing clinical and legal situations, the handbook provides concise examples, summaries of relevant legislation, and introductions to different ethical approaches and clinical observations. Uniquely focusing on the interface between psychiatry and law, this title is essential reading for the forensic psychiatrist, as well as lawyers and judges.
Part I: Introduction to the handbook; Introduction to the handbook; Part II: Clinical forensic psychiatry; Clinical and social aspects of crime; Mental disorders in forensic psychiatry; Assessment in forensic psychiatry; Risk assessment; Treatment; Risk management; Forensic psychiatric services; Part III: The ethics of forensic psychiatry; Ethical decision making; Professional duties and personal integrity; Conflicting ethical values; Clinical matters raising ethical issues; Part IV: Law relevant to psychiatry; The interface between psychiatry and law; Legal systems; Criminal law; Mental health and mental capacity law; Civil law; Part V: Psychiatry within the legal system; The criminal justice system; Legal tests relevant to psychiatry; The psychiatrist in court; Applied ethics and testimony; Providing reports; Giving evidence; Part VI: Appendices; Appendices;
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