Psychopathic disorders and their assessment

Psychopathic Disorders and their Assessment considers the diverse views and significant developments in understanding psychopathic disorders. This book is composed of 12 chapters, and begins with a description of the primary and negative features of the condition. The subsequent chapters are concern...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Craft, Michael John (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, New York, Pergamon Press [1966]
Edición:[1st ed.].
Temas:
Antisocial personality disorders.
Mentally ill > Care.
Insanity (Law) > Great Britain.
Psychology, Pathological.
Personality.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Psychopathology
Personality
Psychopathologie.
Personnalit�e.
Personnalit�e sociopathologique.
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de sant�e mentale > Soins.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Psychology, Pathological
Antisocial personality disorders
Insanity (Law)
Mentally ill > Care
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Psychopathic Disorders and their Assessment; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; Notes on the Contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1. The Meanings of the Term Psychopath
  • Positive Features; Negative Features; The Concept of Psychopathy; References; Chapter 2. Law and Practice of Psychopathic Disorder in England and Wales; Chapter 3. Liberty, Liability, Culpability; A. Liability; B. Culpability; References; Chapter 4. The Causation of Psychopathic Disorder; Brain Damage and the Aetiology of Psychopathic Personality; Data on Parental Absence and its Results on Children
  • Family and Local Group Attitudes in CausationLearning Theory; Conclusions from Review of Causation; References; Chapter 5. Specialist Procedures; 1. THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH; 2. PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODS; References; Chapter 6. Methods of Care; I. THE HENDERSON THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; References; Chapter 7. Methods of Care; II. THE BALDERTON PSYCHOPATHIC UNIT; Conclusions; References; Chapter 8. Methods of Care; III. THE ENGLISH SPECIAL HOSPITAL SYSTEM; Summary; References; Chapter 9. Methods of Care; IV. PRISON SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS AND PSYCHOPATHY; References
  • Chapter 10. Law and Practice in the U.S.A. Ascertainment of Mental Disorder; Criticism of Sexual Psychopathic Laws; Detention and Treatment; Organic Methods of Treatment; Discharge Procedures; Difficulties in Discharge Procedures; Follow-up Procedures; Future Developments; Comparison and Contrast; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 11. Facilities for the Treatment of Psychopaths in Britain; Chapter 12. Conclusions; The Evidence for the Existence of the Concept; Disposal; Diagnosis; Causation and Distribution; Natural History; Treatment; Prognosis; The Future; References
  • APPENDIX: Classification and Discussion of Psychological Methods of Assessing Psychopathy and the PsychopathConcluding Summary; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index

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