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Mental health practice and the law / edited by Ronald Schouten, MD, JD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Law & Psychiatry Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Primer on seriesPublication details: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.Description: viii, 398 pages ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780199387106 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614.15 23 SCH
Contents:
1. Basics of the law and legal system / Ronald Schouten 2. Civil commitment / Ronald Schouten and Philip Candilis 3. Violence risk assessment / Jennifer L. Piel and Ronald Schouten 4. Practice and malpractice in the evaluation of suicidal patients / Gary Jacobson 5. Informed consent / Ronald Schouten and Kimberly Kumer 6. Guardianships, conservatorships, and alternative forms of substitute decision making / Ronald Schouten and Rebecca W. Brendel 7. Treatment refusal / Ariana Nesbit, Steven K. Hoge, and Debra A. Pinals 8. Malpractice / Jennifer L. Piel and Phillip J. Resnick 9. Confidentiality and testimonial privilege / Robert Scott Johnson and Ronald Schouten 10. Evaluation of child abuse and neglect / Matthew Soulier and Catherine Ayoub 11. Juveniles and the law / Matthew Lahaie and Robert Kinscherff 12. Mental health professionals and the criminal justice system / Reena Kapoor and Alec Buchanan 13. Disability evaluations / Marilyn Price 14. Malingering and factitious disorder / Scott Beach and Matt Lahaie 15. Ethics at the intersection of mental health and the law / Philip J. Candilis and Navneet Sidhu.
Summary: Mental health professionals, more than any other clinicians, encounter legal issues on a regular basis. This book is for anyone in the field, at any stage in their training or practice, who has been perplexed by the complexities at the interface of law and clinical practice.
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1. Basics of the law and legal system / Ronald Schouten 2. Civil commitment / Ronald Schouten and Philip Candilis 3. Violence risk assessment / Jennifer L. Piel and Ronald Schouten 4. Practice and malpractice in the evaluation of suicidal patients / Gary Jacobson 5. Informed consent / Ronald Schouten and Kimberly Kumer 6. Guardianships, conservatorships, and alternative forms of substitute decision making / Ronald Schouten and Rebecca W. Brendel 7. Treatment refusal / Ariana Nesbit, Steven K. Hoge, and Debra A. Pinals 8. Malpractice / Jennifer L. Piel and Phillip J. Resnick 9. Confidentiality and testimonial privilege / Robert Scott Johnson and Ronald Schouten 10. Evaluation of child abuse and neglect / Matthew Soulier and Catherine Ayoub 11. Juveniles and the law / Matthew Lahaie and Robert Kinscherff 12. Mental health professionals and the criminal justice system / Reena Kapoor and Alec Buchanan 13. Disability evaluations / Marilyn Price 14. Malingering and factitious disorder / Scott Beach and Matt Lahaie 15. Ethics at the intersection of mental health and the law / Philip J. Candilis and Navneet Sidhu.

Mental health professionals, more than any other clinicians, encounter legal issues on a regular basis. This book is for anyone in the field, at any stage in their training or practice, who has been perplexed by the complexities at the interface of law and clinical practice.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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