Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry Arena

A Handbook of Divorce and Custody

Forensic, Developmental, and Clinical Perspectives

• Edited by Linda Gunsberg, Paul Hymowitz

The Handbook of Divorce and Custody brings together mental health professionals and forensic specialists dedicated to working in the legal arena with families in crisis. ...

Published December 28th 2004 by Routledge.

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Psychological Assessment in Clinical Practice

A Pragmatic Guide

• Edited by Michel Hersen

There have been numerous books published that have dealt with psychological assessment. These books have ranged from the theoretical to the clinical. However, most of...

Published August 2nd 2004 by Routledge.

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Cultural Competence in Forensic Mental Health

A Guide for Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Attorneys

• By Wen-Shing Tseng, Daryl Matthews, Todd S. Elwyn

As culturally relevant psychiatry becomes common practice, the need for competent and culturally relevant forensic psychiatry comes to the forefront. This volume, written by one...

Published July 21st 2004 by Routledge.

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Ethics in Electroconvulsive Therapy

• By Jan-Otto Ottosson, Max Fink

Few mental illness treatments are more reviled in the public mind than Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy. However, in reality, ECT is a safe and effective treatment...

Published June 17th 2004 by Routledge.

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Managing High Risk Sex Offenders in the Community

A Psychological Approach

• By Jackie Craissati

How can a psychological framework improve the success of risk management?

The management of sex offenders in the community is of paramount concern to the...

Published June 10th 2004 by Routledge.

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Personal Construct Perspectives on Forensic Psychology

• Edited by James Horley

Why do people commit violent offences? Does rehabilitation really work?
Personal Construct Perspectives on Forensic Psychology provides a new approach to the three main areas of...

Published June 9th 2003 by Routledge.

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Psychoanalysis, Violence and Rage-Type Murder

Murdering Minds

• By Duncan Cartwright

What turns an apparently 'normal' individual into a killer?
Many people who commit "rage type" murders have no history of violence. Using psychoanalytic theory and a...

Published October 10th 2002 by Routledge.

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Psychiatry in Law / Law in Psychiatry

• By Ralph Slovenko

Since c. 1960 the interplay of psychiatry and law has emerged from an elective seminar to a topic of national prominence. In its breadth and...

Published August 9th 2002 by Routledge.

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Psychiatry in Law

• By Ralph Slovenko

Since c. 1960 the interplay of psychiatry and law has emerged from an elective seminar to a topic of national prominence. In its breadth and...

Published July 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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Law in Psychiatry

• By Ralph Slovenko

Since c. 1960 the interplay of psychiatry and law has emerged from an elective seminar to a topic of national prominence. In its breadth and...

Published July 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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