Forensic psychiatry (the interface of psychiatry and the law), forensic psychology, and mental health law are growing and evolving subspecialties in their respective larger disciplines. Topics included in these fields include a range as diverse as capital sentencing guidelines, informed consent, and standards of care for mental health treatment. All of these topics need to be understood and mastered by clinicians, educators, administrators and attorneys working
with psychiatric patients. This book brings together concise, comprehensive summaries of the most important "landmark" legal decisions relating to mental health practice in the United States. These decisions, along with their underlying reasonings, make up a critical portion of the national
certification examination for forensic psychiatry offered by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). Many of the themes are also tested in the ABPN certification examination for general psychiatry. This book is the first to provide a combination of summaries of the relevant legal content paired with board-style test questions designed to help consolidate knowledge and prepare for certification. Cases with similar themes are grouped together with an eye toward helping the reader
understand the evolution of legal and clinical thinking on a particular topic. This book represents an important addition to the study tools and textbooks available related to psychiatry and the law and will serve as a useful reference for clinicians who must follow established legal requirements
in their field.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
I imagine this book will become a favourite of those studying for the ABPN's Forensic Psychiatry Board Examination, but it will also be useful as a quick reference tool for forensic practitioners. * Doody's Notes *
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
Dicke: 13 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-19-934465-9 (9780199344659)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Dr. Elizabeth Ford is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine, is the Director of Bellevue Hospital's Forensic Psychiatry Division, and is the Training Director for the NYU Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship. She has been involved in clinical practice, research and education, both locally and nationally, in the field of forensic psychiatry since 2005.
Merrill Rotter is a forensic psychiatrist working at Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Law and Psychiatry for the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Rotter received his B.A./M.D. from the Boston University Six-Year Combined Liberal Arts Medical Education Program. Trained in clinical psychiatry at Columbia and in forensic psychiatry at Yale, Dr. Rotter leads a program of teaching, research and clinical
service for Einstein as well as the New York State Office of Mental Health.
Autor*in
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA, and Director, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA
Director, Division of Law and Psychiatry, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
Section I: Mental Health Practice Guidelines ; Chapter 1: Confidentiality and Privilege/Shane Konrad & Eraka Bath ; Chapter 2: Informed Consent/Gregory Davis ; Chapter 3: Duty to Protect/Andrew Kopelman ; Chapter 4: Expert Testimony/Scott Soloway & Bryan Shelby ; Chapter 5: Questions on Mental Health Practice Guidelines ; Section II: Institutional Treatment Guidelines ; Chapter 6: Civil Commitment/Elizabeth Ford ; Chapter 7: Right to Die/Elizabeth Ford ; Chapter 8: Right to Treatment/Bipin Subedi ; Chapter 9: Right to Refuse Treatment/Rebecca Lewis ; Chapter 10: Questions on Institutional Treatment Guidelines ; Section III: Child and Adolescent Issues ; Chapter 11: Child Abuse Reporting/Shawn Sidhu & Eraka Bath ; Chapter 12: Child Custody & Parental Competencies/Eileen Ryan ; Chapter 13: Juvenile Rights/Eileen Ryan and Elizabeth Ford ; Chapter 14: Education for all Handicapped Persons Act/Shawn Sidhu ; Chapter 15: Questions on Child and Adolescent Issues ; Section IV: Tort Law ; Chapter 16: Disability/Howard Forman 3 ; Chapter 17: Emotional Harm/Amar Mehta ; Chapter 18: Health Insurance/Bryan Shelby, Merrill Rotter & Elizabeth Ford ; Chapter 19: Sexual Harassment/Andrew Levin & Merrill Rotter ; Chapter 20: Sex/Merrill Rotter ; Chapter 21: Questions on Tort Law ; Section V: Criminal Law and Incarceration ; Chapter 22: Criminal Procedure/Michael Greenspan, Amar Mehta and Merrill Rotter ; Chapter 23: Criminal Competencies/Matthew Grover ; Chapter 24: Diminished Capacity/Michael Greenspan ; Chapter 25: Insanity/Katya Frischer ; Chapter 26: Prisoners' Rights/Omar Khan, Rebecca Lewis & Bipin Subedi ; Chapter 27: Death Penalty /Tara Straka ; Chapter 28: Sex Offenders/Li-wen Lee ; Chapter 29: Questions on Criminal Law and Incarceration
