PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

Rosner, Richard-editor

ISBN 10: 0340806648 / ISBN 13: 9780340806647

Published by Hodder Arnold, 2003

2nd edition. A Very Good + copy. 4to., 906 pp. Bound in black cloth and glossy paper boards. Tips lightly rubbed, with a few minor dings on the rear board. Seller Inventory # 27276

Synopsis:

The second edition of this award-winning textbook has been thoroughly revised and updated throughout. Building on the success of the first edition, the book continues to address the History and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry, Legal Regulation of the Practice of Psychiatry, Psychiatry in relation to Civil Law, Criminal Law, and Family Law. Important sections such as Special Issues in Forensic Psychiatry, Law and the Legal System, and Landmark Cases in Mental Health Law are included. Designed to meet the needs of practitioners of forensic psychiatry, for residents in forensic psychiatry, and those preparing for the specialty examination in Forensic Psychiatry of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, this volume will also answer the many questions faced by mental health professionals, mental health administrators, correctional health professionals and correctional health administrators, attorneys, judges, probation and parole officers and administrators all of whom, at one time or another, require a substantive presentation of the entire field of forensic psychiatry in the USA.

About the Author: 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY
Publisher: Hodder Arnold
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good +
Edition: 2nd edition.