The Forensic Examination A Handbook for the Mental Health Professional /
This book prepares the mental health professional to use scientific skills when working within a legal framework. Written by a seasoned forensic psychiatrist with decades of experience and professional honors, this text answers some of the most challenging questions psychiatrists face when mental he...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2019.
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Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2019. |
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Section I: Introductory concepts to the field
- Working on the Borderline between Law and Mental Health
- Bringing in Legal Terms of Art to Guide the Mental Health Work
- Performing an Independent Medical Examination: from Initial Contact to Report Preparation
- Section II: A primer of forensic cases and reports
- Wrongful Death: Medical Malpractice and the Suicide of a Patient
- Assessing Psychic Damage: Pain and Suffering
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychiatric Disability Examinations and Worker's Compensation
- Competency, Testamentary Capacity, and Fitness Assessments
- Violence Risk Assessment
- Insanity Assessment: Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
- Diminished Capacity
- Malingering
- Stalking
- Sexual Harassment
- Allegation Assessment
- Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation
- Article vii: Opinions and Expert Testimony.