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Forensic Psychiatry

A Lawyer's Guide

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-12-802852-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Erscheinungstermin: 18.01.2016
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Lawyers frequently encounter clients and/or cases of bizarre behavior, mental illness, substance abuse, psychopathy, sexual offenses, learning disorders, birth defects, and other behavioral and emotional issues. Often they are ill-prepared to understand the nature of the psychiatric report, how the psychiatric assessment was structured, and how to best utilize and challenge these reports in court.Forensic Psychiatry: A Lawyer's Guide provides legal professionals the tools to identify mentally ill clients and help them navigate through the psychiatric information and language in reports and testimony. Topics include why a forensic psychiatrist is necessary, applications of psychiatry to law, various psychiatric disorders, and utilizing the expert witness.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9780128028520
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-12-802852-0
  • Verlag: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
  • Erscheinungstermin: 18.01.2016
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2016
  • Produktform: Gebunden
  • Gewicht: 648 g
  • Seiten: 214
  • Format (B x H x T): 242 x 197 x 18 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Chapter 1: Why you need a forensic psychiatristChapter 2: What is psychiatry?Chapter 3: Applications of psychiatry to lawChapter 4: The Mental Status ExaminationChapter 5: Common psychiatric diagnosesChapter 6: Bad vs. MadChapter 7: Critical concept in competencyChapter 8: Treatable disorders vs brain damageChapter 9: Medical problemsChapter 10: Hearing voicesChapter 11: Your Expert WitnessChapter 12: Summary and conclusionsGlossary of Terms