Forensic Psychiatry

by Nigel Eastman, Gwen Adshead, Simone Fox, Richard Latham, Seán Whyte

Overview

Forensic Psychiatry is the first book to cover the clinical, legal and ethical issues for the treatment of mentally disordered offenders for all of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland jurisdictions. Written by an expert interdisciplinary team from the fields of both law and psychiatry, including the eminent Nigel Eastman who has engaged with many high-profile legal cases, this is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide which includes clinical observations, guidance and ethical advice across the psychiatric discipline.

Uniquely focusing on the interface between psychiatry and law and including suggestions, using case examples, on how to navigate this interface successfully, this book contains clear guidance on all aspects of forensic psychiatry, for both mental health and legal professionals. It also contains extensive cross-referencing which allows the reader to access all the relevant clinical, legal and ethical information quickly and effectively.

Alongside the practical advice on managing clinical and legal situations, there are also case examples, summaries of relevant legislation and introductions to different ethical approaches and clinical observations, derived from the experience of the authors. Also included are brief summaries of important legal cases and inquiries relevant to the subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198843399
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/25/2019
Series:	Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Psychiatry
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	720
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 3.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Nigel Eastman, Professor in Law and Ethics in Psychiatry, St George's, University of London, UK,Gwen Adshead, Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychiatrist, Broadmoor Hospital, UK,Simone Fox, Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London and Team Manager, Multi-Systemic Therapy Team, South-West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, London, UK

Nigel Eastman is Professor of Law and Ethics in Psychiatry at St George's, University of London and an Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist in the NHS, assessing and treating patients in medium security. Dually qualified as a doctor and barrister, he has researched and published widely on law and ethics relating to mental disorder and mental healthcare, as well as on policy and services for mentally disordered offenders. He is an advisor to the Law Commission, lectures for the Judicial Studies Board for England and Wales, as well as to judges in other jurisdictions, and has given evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees on law and psychiatry.


Gwen Adshead is a forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist. She trained at Barts and then at St George's Hospital. After four years as a lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, she trained as a psychotherapist, with particular interest in attachment theory and groupwork in forensic settings. She qualified as a member of the Institute of Group Analysis in 2000. She has worked at Broadmoor Hospital since 1998 as a consultant. Since qualifying in clinical psychology in 2001 Simone Fox worked for three years with adult mentally disordered offenders in a Regional Secure Unit in West London. She currently works in both clinical and academic settings. In her clinical role she is responsible for supervising the Multisystemic Therapy (MST) Pilot Project in Merton and Kingston. Her academic role is as a lecturer/clinical tutor on the Royal Holloway, University of London, Clinical Psychology training course.



Richard Latham is a consultant forensic psychiatrist working in East London. He has a special interest in law and psychiatry. His clinical practice is in both medium secure care and community forensic psychiatry. He is currently involved in a pilot project of crown court psychiatric liaison.


Seán Whyte is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist with CCTs in both general adult and forensic psychiatry. He has worked in a variety of hospital, community and secure institutional settings in both specialties and now leads the Community Forensic Team for South-West London, in addition to teaching and court work.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction to the handbook1. IntroductionPart II: Clinical forensic psychiatry2. Clinical and social aspects of crime3. Mental disorders in forensic psychiatry4. Assessment in forensic psychiatry5. Risk assessment6. Treatment7. Risk management8. Forensic psychiatric servicesPart III: The ethics of forensic psychiatry9. Ethnical decision-making10. Professional duties and personal integrity11. Conflicting ethical values12. Clinical situations raising ethical issuesPart IV: Law relevant to psychiatry13. The interface between psychiatry and law14. Legal systems15. Criminal Law16. Mental health and mental capacity lawPart V: Psychiatry within the legal system17. The criminal justice system18. Legal tests relevant to psychiatry19. Civil legal issues20. The psychiatrist in court21. Applied ethics and testimony22. Providing reports23. Giving evidenceAppendices

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Andre Lars Lorenz, DO (St. Mary Mercy Hospital)
Description: The book covers information related to forensic psychiatry practice in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. This second edition book is intended to be utilized with its companion, Oxford Casebook of Forensic Psychiatry, Eastman (Oxford, 2023) and therefore has cross-references to find relevant information for "case problems" and to avoid repetition. The first edition was published in 2019.
Purpose: The purpose of the book is to increase the understanding between the disciplines of law and psychiatry as well as the relationship between them. It is to be utilized with its companion and aims to update and improve on the first edition. Updates in this edition include systematic reviews to answer questions asked in the previous edition and highlight gaps for future research. The book covers treatments, marginalized groups, and physical health in forensic settings which anticipate a more generalized audience beyond the UK, Ireland, and other common law jurisdictions. The book also covers new topics including radicalization and new drugs of misuse. Unless otherwise noted, the book uses the DSM-5 for diagnostic terms. The book meets its objectives.
Audience: The purpose of the book is to increase the understanding between the disciplines of law and psychiatry as well as the relationship between them. It is to be utilized with its companion and aims to update and improve on the first edition. Updates in this edition include systematic reviews to answer questions asked in the previous edition and highlight gaps for future research. The book covers treatments, marginalized groups, and physical health in forensic settings which anticipate a more generalized audience beyond the UK, Ireland, and other common law jurisdictions. The book also covers new topics including radicalization and new drugs of misuse. Unless otherwise noted, the book uses the DSM-5 for diagnostic terms. The book meets its objectives.
Features: The book covers individuals with mental disorders and the intersection between those individuals and psychiatry for clinical and legal situations. This pocket guide does well to present information in a quick, bullet-pointed, portable fashion. Though this limits the book's coverage of certain topics, including formal legal definitions, the authors provide a companion book to expand on information when needed.
Assessment: This book is well-written, organized, informative, and was created for efficient use as a pocket guide. Although some of the information is limited to the UK and Ireland, there is plenty of knowledge for readers outside of these locations to learn about the field of forensic psychiatry. The book does this well without cluttering; it is easy to efficiently find and summarize information. The book is too large to fit truly in a pocket but small enough to easily carry around.

Doody's Review Service

"This book is well-written, organized, informative, and was created for efficient use as a pocket guide. Although some of the information is limited to the UK and Ireland, there is plenty of knowledge for readers outside of these locations to learn about the field of forensic psychiatry. The book does this well without cluttering; it is easy to efficiently find and summarize information. The book is too large to fit truly in a pocket but small enough to easily carry around." — Andre Lars Lorenz, DO, St. Mary Mercy Hospital

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