Clinical Psychiatry and the Law

By Robert I. Simon

Book Overview

Updates to this edition:

- Clinical and legal issues in the use of clozapine in treatment of schizophrenia
- Clinical information and new cases involving tardive dyskinesia
- Changes in civil and criminal law regarding right to refuse treatment
- An update of clinical guidelines and legal regulations of ECT
- An update on suicide risk assessment and new legal cases involving suicide
- An update on violence risk assessment and new legal cases involving the duty to protect endangered third parties
- New statutes and criminal sanctions regarding sexual misconduct
- New statutes limiting the liability of therapists toward third parties who are injured or killed by patients
- Changes in the relationship between psychiatrists and nonmedical therapists
- Regulatory developments regarding physician impairment
- Numerous tables and an updated glossary of legal terms
- New section on common terms and abbreviations in legal citations

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585621676
• ISBN13: 9781585621675
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Length: 688 Pages
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

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