Edition |
Third edition. |
Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
Note |
Revised edition of: The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of forensic psychiatry / edited by Robert I. Simon, Liza H. Gold. 2nd ed. ©2010. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Part I: Introduction to forensic psychiatry. The expert witness -- Introduction to the legal system -- Ethics in forensic psychiatry -- Forensic evaluations and reports -- Psychological testing in forensic psychiatry -- Evaluation of malingering -- Neuroimaging and forensic psychiatry -- Part II: Legal regulation of psychiatry. Physician-patient relationship in psychiatry -- Legal regulation of psychiatric treatment -- Civil commitment -- Confidentiality in psychiatric practice -- Part III: Civil issues and litigation. Professional liability in psychiatric practice -- Competencies in civil law -- Personal injury -- Psychiatric evaluation in discrimination and harassment claims -- Fitness for duty, impaired professionals, and public safety -- Psychiatric disability -- Part IV: Criminal justice. Evaluation of competencies in the criminal justice system -- Evaluation of criminal responsibility -- Psychiatry and the death penalty -- Part V: Correctional psychiatry and sex offenders. Correctional settings and prisoner rights -- Psychiatric treatment in correctional settings -- Forensic assessment of sex offenders -- Part VI: Children and families. Forensic evaluations of children and adolescents -- Evaluations of juveniles in civil law -- Evaluations of juveniles in the criminal justice system -- Part VII: Special issues in forensic psychiatry. Suicide risk assessment -- Violence risk assessment -- Geriatric forensic psychiatry -- Forensic psychiatry and law enforcement -- Military forensic psychiatry -- The internet and telepsychiatry -- Research in forensic psychiatry. |
Note |
Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (Psychiatry Online, viewed April 13, 2018). |
Subject |
Forensic psychiatry.
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Forensic psychiatry. (OCoLC)fst00932002
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Forensic Psychiatry. (DNLM)D005555
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Added Author |
Gold, Liza H., 1958- editor.
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Frierson, Richard L., editor.
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American Psychiatric Association Publishing, publisher.
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Added Title |
Textbook of forensic psychiatry |
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Preceded by: American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of forensic psychiatry. 2nd ed. ©2010.
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Other Form: |
Print version: American Psychiatric Association Publishing textbook of forensic psychiatry. Third edition. Arlington, VA : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, [2018] 9781615370672 (DLC) 2017037789 (OCoLC)1000304688 |
Standard No. |
10.1176/appi.books.9781615371914 doi |
ISBN |
9781615371914 (electronic book) |
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1615371915 (electronic book) |
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9781615370672 (hardcover ;) |
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alk. paper) |
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1615370676 (hardcover ;) |
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