This text has been generally updated and there are over 20 new sections, including a section on false confessions, multiple homocides, the sexual abuse of children, Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, the role of serotonin in violent behaviour and the value of the reconviction prediction score. The book has also been expanded to include a chapter on civil courts and forensic psychiatry. It covers those aspects of forensic psychiatry which are required for the membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' examination. The book sets out the salient points and outlines the law dealing with mentally disturbed offenders. It discusses the problems of forensic psychiatry from the physician's point of view.
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-0-632-03321-8 (9780632033218)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The forensic pstchiatric services; legal aspects - the courts and their sentences; legal aspects - the law and the mentally abnormal offender; legal aspects - appeals and protection; criminological facts and theories; offences against property and forensic psychiatry; offences against the person and forensic psychiatry; mental illness and forensic psychiatry - the functional psychoses and neuroses; mental illness and forensic psychiatry - organic brain disorders; psychopathic disorder and forensic psychiatry; mental retardation and forensic psychiatry; sexual disorders and forensic psychiatry; women and juvenile offenders; dangerousness; writing a report; ethics and forensic psychiatry; management of patients within secure psychiatric institutions; the civil courts and forensic psychiatry.
