Forensic Mental Health Assessment : a Casebook.
Forensic mental health assessments are evaluations conducted by individuals from different disciplines on a variety of questions in civil, criminal, and family law. A growing number of mental health professionals, including psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers, are being called upon to a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press,
2002.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Forensic mental health assessments are evaluations conducted by individuals from different disciplines on a variety of questions in civil, criminal, and family law. A growing number of mental health professionals, including psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers, are being called upon to assess everything from an individual's competence to stand trial to the risk or threat of future violence, and asked to weigh in on cases ranging from murder and assault to malpractice and child custody."" General principles have emerged to guide professionals conducting forensic mental health assess. |
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Notas: | Teaching Point: What training and experience in forensic and mental health areas are needed for juvenile forensic expertise? |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (548 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 512-518) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780198033318 0198033311 |