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Study Guide to Forensic Psychiatry is a question-and-answer companion that allows you to evaluate your mastery of the subject matter as you progress through The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry, Second Edition.

In this book, Simon synthesizes his clinical experience, the shared clinical experiences of colleagues, and the evidence-based psychiatric literature to create an insightful guide, which should be an essential component in any practicing psychiatrist's library.

In this accessible, practical, and comprehensive guide, clinicians will find a wealth of practical knowledge, and lawyers will appreciate its in-depth treatment of complex psychiatric issues. It includes extensive references and a glossary of legal terms. This book replaces "Concise Guide to Psychiatry and Law for Clinicians, 3rd. Ed.

This book presents a thorough examination of the clinical practices that best serve patients and that also protect clinicians from malpractice claims. It uses numerous case examples and extensive references on suicide and actual malpractice cases t to present the key concepts involved in coping with the risks associated with suicidal patients.

This essential collection by 13 leading U.S. experts sheds important new light on forensic guidelines for effective assessment and diagnosis and determination of disability, serving both plaintiffs and defendants in litigation involving PTSD claims.

This book presents a thorough examination of the clinical practices that best serve patients and that also protect clinicians from malpractice claims. It uses numerous case examples and extensive references on suicide and actual malpractice cases t to present the key concepts involved in coping with the risks associated with suicidal patients.

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Updates to this edition include information on clozapine in treatment of schizophrenia, tardive dyskinesia, ECT, suicide risk assessment, violence risk assessment, numerous tables and an updated glossary of legal terms and new section on common terms and abbreviations in legal citations.

This book explores the role of the psychiatrist and psychologist, as an expert witness in litigation, in rendering a retrospective judgment of an individual's mental state. The contributors apply their expertise in psychiatry, psychology, and law with the goal of developing guidelines for more accurate retrospective assessment of mental states.

This volume offers guidelines to clinicians on such issues as establishing an appropriate standard of disclosure in informed consent, dealing with the problem of dual loyalties, assessing patient suicide risk, and following proper procedure in the event a patient does commit suicide.

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Mental health professionals will find this book to be timely and necessary--for their patients, but also for the families and communities who rely on their professional judgment in assessing and managing potentially violent individuals. The editors lend the breadth and depth of their experience to this volume.

In twelve powerful and provocative chapters, Robert Simon introduces readers to a psychological perspective on evil, character and destiny, as well as the making of good men and women. Simon also illuminates the psychology of psychopaths, serial killers, rapists and all manner of evil characters who appall and challenge us by their very existence.

Serienmörder, Vergewaltiger und Verbrecher üben eine starke Faszination aus, die sich in Büchern, Filmen oder Fernsehserien niederschlägt. Aber tatsächlich sind Psychopathen in modernen Gesellschaften oft sehr erfolgreich - soziale Chamäleons, die nicht erkannt werden und die geschickt ihre Mitmenschen manipulieren und schädigen. Der forensische Psychiater Robert I. Simon berichtet aus langjähriger Erfahrung über die 'bösen Menschen'. Aber er ...