Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry Arena

Writing to Clients and Referring Professionals about Psychological Assessment Results

A Handbook of Style and Grammar

• By J. B. Allyn.
• Foreword by Stephen E Finn, and Constance T Fischer.

Published January 2012

This book is the first on the craft of effective writing structured expressly for the psychologist-assessor. Author J. B. Allyn, a professional writer who specializes in psychology, combines reference book with tutorial. She blends information on the qualities that create a writer’s unique presence…
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Dangerous People

Policy, Prediction, and Practice

• Edited by Bernadette McSherry, and Patrick Keyzer.

Published July 2011

Experienced legal academics and mental health professionals explore the current approaches to “dangerousness” and preventive detention. The defining characteristics of those deemed dangerous by society vary according to culture, place, and time, and the contributors to this text have gathered to…
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Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2

A Positive Psychology Approach

• By Richard W. Levak, Liza Siegel and David S. Nichols.
• Contributions by Ron A. Stolberg.

Published March 2011

Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2 provides the clinician with empirically-based, practical information about how to convey the abundance of information in the MMPI-2 profile in a way that is collaborative, empathic, hopeful, and facilitates a therapeutic alliance. Readers will find this book to…
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Scientific Foundations of Clinical Assessment

• By Stephen N. Haynes, Gregory T. Smith and John D. Hunsley.

Published March 2011

Scientific Foundations of Clinical Assessment is a user-friendly overview of the most important principles and concepts of clinical assessment. It provides readers with a science-based framework for interpreting assessment research and making good assessment decisions, such as selecting the best…
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Psychological Therapy in Prisons and Other Settings

• Edited by Joel Harvey, and Kirsty Smedley.
• Foreword by Graham Towl.

Published December 2010

This book examines a range of therapeutic approaches used in prisons and other secure settings and explores the challenges in such work. The approaches include Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive-Analytic Therapy (CAT), Attachment-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Systemic…
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Forensic Psychology

Concepts, Debates and Practice

• Edited by Joanna Adler, and Jacqueline Gray.

Published July 2010

This book brings together academics, practitioners and experts in the field of forensic psychology to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and push its parameters. Its aim is to go beyond introductory texts to challenge perceptions, to raise questions for research and to pose problems for…
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Offenders, Deviants or Patients? Fourth Edition

Explorations in Clinical Criminology

• By Herschel Prins.

Published June 2010

Offenders, Deviants or Patients? provides a practical approach to understanding both the social context and treatment of mentally disordered offenders. Taking into account the current public concern, often heightened by media sensationalism, it addresses issues such as sex offending, homicide and…
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Forensic Psychology in Context

Nordic and International Approaches

• Edited by P.A. Granhag.
• Foreword by Elizabeth F. Loftus.

Published May 2010

Academics and researchers from the Nordic countries (Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Finland) have made a particularly strong contribution internationally to the rapidly developing disciplines of forensic and legal psychology. This book brings together the leading authorities in the field to look…
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Treating Personality Disorder

Creating Robust Services for People with Complex Mental Health Needs

• Edited by Naomi Murphy, and Des McVey.

Published May 2010

This book considers personality disorders and how they are treated within the institutional context of prisons and hospitals and offers practical guidance on assessment, formulation and integrated treatment planning. Treating Personality Disorder offers contributions from professionals in…
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Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment

• Edited by Randy K. Otto, and Kevin S. Douglas.

Published October 2009

This comprehensive Handbook of original chapters serves as a resource for clinicians and researchers alike. Two introductory chapters cover general issues in violence risk assessment, while the remainder of the book offers a comprehensive discussion of specific risk…
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