Psychiatric Malpractice: Cases and Comments for Clinicians

By Robert I. Simon

What are the facts about psychiatric malpractice? Is it increasing? If so, how rapidly? What areas of psychiatric practice pose higher risks of legal liability?

The anxieties and uncertainties created by the increased threat of being sued for malpractice can interfere with the psychiatrist's provision of good clinical care. Through a general overview-as well as a discussion of specific legal cases--this volume presents the major malpractice traps encountered in everyday psychiatric practice.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880481072
• ISBN13: 9780880481076
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher