BookRobert I. Simon, Robert E. Hales.
Contents:
Rediscovering forensic psychiatry
Introduction to the legal system
Starting a forensic practice
The expert witness
Ethics in forensic psychiatry
Psychiatric diagnosis in litigation
The forensic psychiatric examination and report
Professional liability in psychiatric practice and requisite standard of care
Competencies in civil law
Personal injury litigation and forensic psychiatric assessment
Disability
The workplace
Competency to stand trial and the insanity defense
Forensic assessment of sex offenders
Correctional psychiatry
Forensic psychiatry and law enforcement
Malingering
Children and adolescents
Forensic geriatric psychiatry
Personal violence
Understanding risk assessment instruments
Forensic psychiatry and the internet
Psychological testing in forensic psychiatry.