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" Critical issues in American psychiatry and the law "
edited by Richard Rosner.
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BL
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724472
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b544191
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edited by Richard Rosner.
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Critical issues in American psychiatry and the law\ edited by Richard Rosner.
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Boston, MA: Springer US : Imprint : Springer, 1985
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Critical issues in American psychiatry and the law, 2.
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(xv, 307 pages)
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1468449281
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: 9781468449280
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Section I Fundamental Considerations --;1. Legal Regulation of Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry: Clarifying Categories for Clinicians --;2. A Philosophical Perspective on Ethics in Forensic Psychiatry --;Section II Violence and Dangerousness --;3. Violence, Psychiatry, and the Law: A Historical Perspective --;4. Legal Aspects of Predicting Dangerousness --;Section III Aspects of Psychiatry and the Civil Law --;5. Psychiatry and Civil Law --;6. Last Will and Testament: Forensic Psychiatry's Last Frontier? The Psychiatrist's Role in Will Contests --;7. The Plaintiff's Case in Psychiatric Malpractice --;8. The Defense of a Psychiatrist Charged with Malpractice --;Section IV Adolescent Psychiatry and the Law --;9. Adolescent Cognitive and Emotional Development: An Introduction to Adolescent Psychiatry for Forensic Psychiatrists: Clinical Considerations in a Legal Context --;10. The Assessment of Psychopathology in Juvenile Delinquency: The Family Court Perspective --;Section V Scientific Truth Detection --;11. Amytal and the Detection of Deception --;12. Clinical Polygraphy: Its Function within Psychiatry --;13. The Use and Misuse of Hypnosis in Court --;Section VI Special Topics in Forensic Psychiatry --;14. The Problem of the Malingering Defendant --;15. Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and the Law --;16. Education and Training in Forensic Psychiatry --;17. Standards for Fellowship Programs in Forensic Psychiatry: A Report by The Joint Committee on Accreditation of Fellowship Programs in Forensic Psychiatry.
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As President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL), it is a pleasure to write this foreword. The pen- dulum-like swings of laws regarding civil commitment and insanity are clearly illuminated by Dr. Quen's contribution, "Violence, Psychiatry, and the Law."
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Cardiology.
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Medicine.
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Richard Rosner
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