The revised and expanded second edition of the highly successful Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry is the essential text for all residents and practitioners in forensic psychiatry and those preparing for the specialty examination in Forensic Psychiatry of the American Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology. Written and edited by leading US experts, the book address the wide range of legal issues addressed in forensic psychiatry including the History and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry, Legal Regulation of the Practice of Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Civil Law, Psychiatry and
Criminal Law, Psychiatry and Family Law, Special Issues in Forensic Psychiatry, Law and the Legal System, and Landmark Cases in Mental Health Law. Features: DT A comprehensive account of all aspects of forensic psychiatry DT Up-to-date and expanded new edition of this award-winning reference DT
Contains a synopsis of the major landmark cases in mental health law in the United States - many new for this edition DT Edited by members of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law for the Tri-State Chapter
The revised and expanded second edition of the highly successful Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry is the essential text for all residents and practitioners in forensic psychiatry and those preparing for the specialty examination in Forensic Psychiatry of the American Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology. Written and edited by leading US experts, the book address the wide range of legal issues addressed in forensic psychiatry including the History and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry, Legal Regulation of the Practice of Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Civil Law, Psychiatry and
Criminal Law, Psychiatry and Family Law, Special Issues in Forensic Psychiatry, Law and the Legal System, and Landmark Cases in Mental Health Law. Features: DT A comprehensive account of all aspects of forensic psychiatry DT Up-to-date and expanded new edition of this award-winning reference DT
Contains a synopsis of the major landmark cases in mental health law in the United States - many new for this edition DT Edited by members of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law for the Tri-State Chapter
History and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry
Legal regulation of psychiatric practice
Forensic evaluation and treatment in the criminal justice
system
Civil law
Family law and domestic relations
Correctional psychiatry
Special clinical issues in forensic psychiatry
Basic issues in law
Landmark cases in forensic psychiatry
Richard Rosner, MD is Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine; Director, Forensic Psychiatry Residency, New York University Medicine Center; and Medical Director, Forensic Psychiatry Clinic, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, USA.
Simply stated, this book finally organizees the subject matter of our sub-speciality in the way it should be done. Probably the most useful reference book for any specialist in this field. -- Bulletin of American Academic Psychiatry Law (Revi ... based on the wealth of information provided, it is a very useful guide on individual problems and isolated aspects of forensic psychiatry even for the European readers, although a more intensive study of secondary literature should not be dispensed with after scutinizing the chapters on "Principles and Practice of forensic psychiatry". -- International Journal of Legal Medicine Volume 119 20050101 The first edition of this book was an intellectual landmark...the authors have to run as hard as they can to stay where they are. They have done that, and the second edition remains a landmark. -- American Psychiatric Association 20040707 Dr Rosner, as the editor, has pulled together a diverse set of 105 author experts in 92 chapters for another winning production. It is the kind of publication that I longed for in my training days and still turn to when searching out an area and wanting a review chapter. -- Journal of the American Psychiatric Association 20040601
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