Bookedited by Liza H. Gold, Richard l. Frierson.
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.