This timely and authoritative sourcebook covers issues ranging from child custody to litigation concerns as it walks clinicians through the legal thickets of depositions and courtroom testimony. Principles and Practice of Child and Adolescent Forensic Mental Health expands on its predecessor volume Principles and Practice of Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry, winner of the 2003 Manfred S. Guttmacher Award, to address twenty-first-century concerns, from telepsychiatry to the Internet, while continuing to cover basic issues such as forensic evaluation, psychological screening, and the interviewing of children for suspected sexual abuse. Many of the chapters have been entirely rewritten by new authors to provide fresh insight into such topics as child custody; juvenile law; abuse, neglect, and permanent wardship cases; transcultural, transracial, and gay and lesbian parenting and adoption; and the reliability and suggestibility of children s statements. The book also includes significant new material not found in the previous volume: two chapters on special education, a chapter on cultural competence, three new chapters on youth violence, a chapter on psychiatric malpractice and professional liability, and a chapter on psychological autopsy. A newly written chapter on the Internet addresses issues ranging from online threats to emotional and legal consequences of interactions in cyberspace.

Principles and Practice of Child and Adolescent Forensic Mental Health (Principles & Practice)

Charles L. Scott

Elissa P. Benedek

Peter Ash

Criminal Law

American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

The jail and prison population is at an all-time high, and those inmates with a mental disorder constitute a rapidly growing proportion of persons involved with the criminal justice system. The challenge of assessing and treating these individuals has never been greater. Fortunately, Handbook of Correctional Mental Health is now available in a new, expanded and updated second edition that provides practical, up-to-date guidelines for mental health care providers who work in a correctional setting. In 20 state-of-the-art chapters, nationally recognized providers and correctional mental health experts address the most pressing issues facing clinicians on the frontlines psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and other professionals who serve the inmate population. This new edition includes eight new chapters that include clinically focused guidelines on the assessment and treatment of inmates with substance use disorders, geriatric offenders, juvenile offenders, inmates with self-injurious behaviors, offenders who have experienced various traumas during their lives, and inmates housed on maximum security units and death row. Targeted to multiple disciplines, not just psychiatry, and reflecting current research and opinion, Handbook of Correctional Mental Health is an indispensable resource that assists the reader in understanding and providing the standard of care in a correctional setting.

Handbook of Correctional Mental Health

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

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