Handbook of forensic mental health /
This is a comprehensive reference book on the subject of forensic mental health, looking at what forensic mental health is and its assessment, management and treatment. It focuses on key topics and the issues underpinning them in contemporary society.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cullompton :
Willan,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Setting the Scene : The Administrative and Social Framework
- Introduction / Keith Soothill
- Understanding forensic mental health and the variety of professional voices / Paul Rogers and Keith Soothill
- The forensic mental health system in the United Kingdom / Lindsay Thomson
- The origins and early development of forensic mental health / David Forshaw
- Part 2: Understanding the Forensic Mental Health Process and the Systems
- Introduction / Keith Soothill
- The process and systems for juveniles and young persons / Sue Bailey and Bill Kerslake
- The process and systems for adults / Tony Maden
- Non-custodial sentences and mentally disordered offenders / Danny Clark
- Mental healthcare in prisons / Jane Senior and Jenny Shaw
- Release procedures and forensic mental health / Pete Snowden and Bettadapura Ashim
- Part 3: Developing a Knowledge Base : Key Issues in Forensic Mental Health
- Diagnosis, medical models and formulations / Pamela J. Taylor and John Gunn
- Understanding and managing risk / Mike Doyle and Mairead Dolan
- Mental health law and risk management / Philip Fennell
- The law relating to mentally disordered persons in the criminal justice system / Philip Fennell
- Assessment and treatment of offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities / William R. Lindsay and John L. Taylor
- Aggression and violence / Kevin Howells, Michael Daffern and Andrew Day
- Personality disorders / Mary McMurran
- Criminality among persons with severe mental illness / Sheilagh Hodgins
- Substance abuse / Mary McMurran
- Sexual offenders with mental health problems : epidemiology, assessment and treatment / Madelaine Lockmuller, Anthony Beech and Dawn Fisher
- Part 4: Skills for Forensic Mental Health Practitioners
- Introduction / Keith Soothill
- The expert witness : professional practice and pitfalls / Nicola Gray and Tegwn Williams
- Focusing on treatment : the main interventions and their implications / Conor Duggan
- Inpatient care and management / Kevin Gournay, Richard Benson and Paul Rogers
- The crimes and pathologies of passion : love, jealousy and the pursuit of justice / Paul Mullen.