Landmark Cases in Forensic Psychiatry

✍ Scribed by Merrill Rotter (editor), Heather Cucolo (editor), Jeremy Colley (editor)

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 308
• Series: Landmark Papers In
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Forensic psychiatry (the interface of psychiatry and the law), forensic psychology, and mental health law are growing and evolving subspecialties in their respective larger disciplines. Topics included in these fields include a range as diverse as capital sentencing guidelines, informed
consent, and standards of care for mental health treatment. All of these topics need to be understood and mastered by clinicians, educators, administrators and attorneys working with psychiatric patients. This book brings together concise, comprehensive summaries of the most important "landmark"
legal decisions relating to mental health practice in the United States. These decisions, along with their underlying reasonings, make up a critical portion of the national certification examination for forensic psychiatry offered by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). Many of the
themes are also tested in the ABPN certification examination for general psychiatry.This first edition of this book was the first to provide a combination of summaries of the relevant legal content paired with board-style test questions designed to help consolidate knowledge and prepare for
certification. Cases with similar themes are grouped together with an eye toward helping the reader understand the evolution of legal and clinical thinking on a particular topic. In this new edition, the authors have updated all cases, and added chapters on new areas of the law with which forensic
practitioners and trainess may interface. This book represents an important addition to the study tools and textbooks available related to psychiatry and the law and will serve as a useful reference for clinicians who must follow established legal requirements in their field.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
CONTENTS
Alphabetical List of Cases
Contributors
Introduction
The Forensic Psychiatry Paper Chase: Making the Case for the Landmark Cases Seminar
SECTION I: Mental Health Practice Guidelines
Chapter 1: Confidentiality and Privilege
Chapter 2: Informed Consent
Chapter 3: Duty to Protect
Chapter 4: Expert Testimony
Chapter 5: Questions on Mental Health Practice Guidelines
SECTION II: Institutional Treatment Guidelines
Chapter 6: Civil Commitment
Chapter 7: Right to Die
Chapter 8: Right to Treatment
Chapter 9: Right to Refuse Treatment
Chapter 10: Questions on Institutional Treatment Guidelines
SECTION III: Child and Adolescent Issues
Chapter 11: Child Abuse Reporting
Chapter 12: Child Custody and Parental Competencies
Chapter 13: Juvenile Rights
Chapter 14: EAHCA (Education for All Handicapped Children Act); IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
Chapter 15: Questions on Child and Adolescent Issues
SECTION IV: Tort Law
Chapter 16: ADA and Disability Rights
Chapter 17: Civil Liability and Emotional Harm
Chapter 18: Clinical Practice Liability
Chapter 19: Sexual Harassment
Chapter 20: Questions on ADA and Disability Rights
SECTION V: Criminal Law and Incarceration
Chapter 21: Criminal Procedure
Chapter 22: Criminal Competencies
Chapter 23: Diminished Capacity
Chapter 24: Insanity
Chapter 25: Prisoners’ Rights
Chapter 26: Death Penalty
Chapter 27: Sex Offenders
Chapter 28: Questions on Criminal Law and Incarceration
SECTION VI: Miscellaneous
Chapter 29: Immigration
Chapter 30: Gun Ownership
Chapter 31: Questions on Immigration and Gun Ownership
Appendix A: The Bill of Rights and Fourteenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution
Appendix B: Federal Versus State Jurisdiction and the Supreme Court
Appendix C: U.S. Federal District Courts
Appendix D: Glossary of Terms
Index