Reflecting the work of an international panel of experts, the "International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law" offers an in depth and multidisciplinary look at key aspects of the development and etiology of psychopathic disorders, current methods of intervention, treatment and management, and how these disorders impact decision making in civil and criminal law.
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Alan R. Felthous, M.D., is Professor and Director of Forensic Psychiatry in the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He received his Bachelor of Sciences degree at the University of Washington and his medical doctorate at the University of Louisville School of Medicine before interning at Roosevelt Hospital in New York city and completing a residency in psychiatry at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. After two years as a staff psychiatrist at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Oakland, Dr. Felthous joined the staff at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. For nearly 15 years, he was Chief o the Forensic Services, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he was the Marie B. Gale centennial Professor of Psychiatry. Before coming to Saint Louis University, Dr. Felthous was Director of Forensic Psychiatry at Southern Illinoi8s University School of Medicine and Medical Director of Chester Mental Health Center, the maximum security forensic hospital for the state of Illinois. Dr. Felthous is President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Senior Editor of behavioral Science sand the Law and Past President of the American board of Forensic Psychiatry. His research, scholarly and teaching interests focus on clinical aggression, the psychopathology of criminal behavior, legal requirements of clinicians in managing potentially violent patients, and jail and prison suicide. Henning Sas, M.D., is currently Medical Director and Chairman of the board of Directors at the University Hospital of the University of Technology (RWTH) in Aachen/Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany. He studied medicine at the universities of Kiel, Vienna and Mainz. After passing the state examination in Kiel and receiving his medical doctorate in Mainz, he was a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Heidelberg. Having completed his training in clinical psychiatry and in psychotherapy, he concentrated on forensic psychiatry, general psychopathology, diagnostic research and personality disorders. His habilitation on Psychopathie, Soziopathie, and Dissozialitat (Psychopathy, Sociopathy and Dissocial Behaviors) was published as a Springer monograph in 1987. He was then appointed Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, after which he was the Chair of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the medical faculty in Aachen for 10 years, before he was appointed to his current position. His research interests remain focused on forensic psychiatry, especially in the field of personality disorders. During his academic career, he was President of the German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Nervous Diseases (DGPPN) and of the Association of European Psychiatrists (AEP). He is editor or co-editor of several scientific journals and member of numerous boards of scientific organizations including the European Brain Council and the Research Council of the German Ministry for Science, Research and technology.
ContentsAbout the EditorsContributorsPreface to Volume IAcknowledgementsIntroduction to Volume IPart IConceptual HistoryChapter 1History and Conceptual Development of Psychopathic Disorders Henning Sas, and Alan R. FelthousPart IIAssessmentChapter 2Psychiatric Assessment Paul Hoff and Sabine C. HerpertzChapter 3Psychological Instruments in the Assessment of Psychopathy Robert D. HareChapter 4Functional and Structural Brain Imaging Research on Psychopathy Yaling Yang and Adrian RaineChapter 5Psychophysiological Correlates of Psychopathic Disorders Matthew S. Stanford, Rebecca J. Houston, Ernest S. BarrattChapter 6Cognitive Correlates Herta FlorChapter 7Violence: Psychopathology, Risk Assessment and Lawsuits Kenneth TardiffChapter 8Risks of Diagnosing Psychopathic Disorders Norbert Leygraf and Klaus ElsnerPart IIIEtiology and PathogenesisChapter 9The Genetics of Psychopathic Disorders David Goldmanand Francesca DucciChapter 10Neuroimaging Perspectives in Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Strategies Jurgen L. MullerChapter 11Electrophysiology Sabine C. HerpertzChapter 12The Role of ADHD in the Etiology and Outcome of Antisocial Behavior and Psychopathy Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Sabine C. Herpertz and Kerstin KonradChapter 13Brain Trauma Hannelore Ehrenreich, Henning Krampe and Anna-Leena SirenChapter 14Acquired Psychopathy and the Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury Robert P. Granacher, Jr. and Manish A. FozdarChapter 15Comorbidities of Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder: Prevalence and Implications Elena Carmen Nichita and Peter F. BuckleyChapter 16The Paraphilias and Psychopathy John M.W. Bradford, Philip Firestone and A.G. AhmedChapter 17"Family Upbringing": Family Factors as Predictors for the Development of Antisocial Behavior and Psychopathy Dimensions Maya K. Krischer, Kathrin Sevecke and Gerd LehmkuhlChapter 18Discipline by Parents and Child Psychopathology Emily M. Douglas and Murray A. StrausChapter 19Social Origins of Psychopathy David P. FarringtonChapter 20A Psychoanalytic View of the Psychopath J. Reid Meloy and Andrew ShivaChapter 21Women and Girls with Psychopathic Characteristics Tonia L. Nicholls, Candice L. Odgers, and David J. CookeChapter 22Educational Issues Franz Petermann and Ute Koglin Part IVIntervention, Treatment and ManagementChapter 23Intervention, Treatment and Management of ADHD Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Kerstin Konrad and Sabine C. HerpertzChapter 24Pharmacotherapy of Clinical Aggression in Individuals with Psychopathic Disorders F. Gerard Moeller and Alan C. SwannChapter 25Treatment and Management of Conduct Disorders in Children and Adolescents Manfred Dopfner, Kerstin Adrian and Charlotte HanischChapter 26Psychotherapy of the Psychopathic Disorders Gill McGauley, Gwen Adshead and Sameer P. SarkarChapter 27Comprehensive Outpatient Treatment and Management Andreas Hill, Peer Briken and Wolfgang Berner Chapter 28Antisocial Disorders and Domestic Violence: Treatment Considerations L. Kevin Hamberger and Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling Chapter 29Workplace Violence Goes Beyond Psychopathology Michael H. CorcoranChapter 30Addressing the Associated Conditions of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Falk Kiefer and Karl MannChapter 31Experiential and Community Treatment of Adult Antisocial Syndromes Stephen A. Thorne and William H. ReidChapter 32Legal, Medical and Social Impediments to better Psychopaths: How Best to Deal with Persons with Psychopathic Disorders? Jurgen L. MullerChapter 33Social Policy Considerations and Psychopathic Disorders Harald Dresing, Hans Joachim Salize and Peter GassAuthor Index Subject Index
