Forensic Psychiatry

von Vivian Shnaidman

216 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Lawyers frequently encounter clients and/or cases of bizarre behavior, mental illness, substance abuse, psychopathy, sexual offenses, learning disorders, birth defects, and other behavioral and emotional issues. Often they are ill-prepared to understand the nature of the psychiatric report, how the psychiatric assessment was structured, and how to best utilize and challenge these reports in court.Forensic Psychiatry: A Lawyer's Guide provides legal professionals the tools to identify mentally ill clients and help them navigate through the psychiatric information and language in reports and testimony. Topics include why a forensic psychiatrist is necessary, applications of psychiatry to law, various psychiatric disorders, and utilizing the expert witness.

• Reihe: Academic Press
• ISBN: 9780128028520
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.01.2016
• Größe: 235 x 191 mm
• Verlag: Elsevier Inc