Law and Mental Disorder. A Comprehensive and Practical Approach

Preliminary Sections

• Preliminary sections
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Dedication
• Contributors
• Table of cases
• Table of legislation
• Table of international documents and instruments
• Index
• Foreword

Being an Expert

• The Canadian Legal System: Introduction for Psychiatrists
• The Psycholegal Assessment
• The Use of Psychologists and Psychological Testing
• Medico-legal Report Writing
• Giving Evidence as an Expert Witness
• Clinician Encounters with the Criminal Justice System
• The Psychiatrist and Psychologist as Consultant to Law Enforcement
• Cross-cultural Issues in Forensic Practice

Pre-Trial Issues

• Mental Health Courts and Diversion
• Mental Illness, Confessions, and Inculpatory Statements
• Bail and Mentally Disordered Accused: The Expert's Role
• Fitness to Stand Trial

Criminal Responsibility and Psychiatric Defences

• History of Mens Rea and the Evolution of the Concept of Criminal Responsibility
• Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder (NCRMD)
• Automatism
• Intoxication and Capacity to Form Intent
• Sleep and Violence ? Forensic Implications
• Self-Defence, Provocation, Duress, and Necessity
• Malingered Mental Disorder in Criminal Cases

Aggression, Violence, and Dangerousness

• Biosocial Antecedents to Violence
• Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Neuropsychiatry and Forensics: FASD , ASD , and AD HD
• The Systematic Assessment of Risk for Aggressive and Violent Behaviour against Others
• Assessing Imminent Risks for Violence and Threats
• Stalking and Criminal Harassment
• Domestic Violence: An Overview for Mental Health Practitioners
• Homicide
• Dangerous and Long-Term Offenders
• The Psychiatrist's Contribution to Understanding and Preventing Acts of Terrorism

Dispositions, Sentencing, and Correctional Psychiatry

• Forensic Mental Health Systems: Weaving the Threads Together
• The Provincial and Territorial Review Boards
• Sentencing the Mentally Disordered Accused
• The Psychiatrist's Role in Correctional Facilities
• The Psychiatrist's Role in the Management of Patients on Probation or Parole

Female Offenders

• Female Offenders

Behavioural Sexology and Impulse Control Disorders

• Overview of Sex Offenders and the Paraphilias
• Risk Assessment of Sex Offenders
• Impulse Control Disorders and Forensic Psychiatry

Management of Aggression and Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour

• Pharmacological Treatment of Violent Men
• Psychosocial Treatment of Violent Men
• Pharmacological Management of Problematic Sexual Behaviours
• Psychosocial Approaches to Treatment of Sex Offenders

Young Offenders

• Sentencing the Young Person
• Prevention and Treatment of Conduct Disordered Youth
• Adolescent Sex Offenders

Victimization

• Early Victimization and its Sequelae: Issues in Clinical Practice with Offender Populations

Mental Health and Capacity Law

• Privacy and Privilege
• Civil Commitment: A Cross Canada Checkup
• Capacity Assessment: Ontario
• Minors and Capacity to Consent to Treatment

Civil Liability and Litigation

• Personal Injury Claims ? Mental Damages
• Malingered Mental Illness in Compensation Cases
• Evaluating Sexual Harassment Claims
• Psychiatric Malpractice

Forensic Psychiatry in the Workplace

• Violence in the Workplace
• The Psychiatrist's Role in Disability Claims

Child and Family Law

• The Psychiatrist's Role in Child Protection Proceedings
• The Psychiatrist's Role in Custody and Access Cases

Professional Behaviour

• Professional Conduct

Epilogue

• Law and Psychiatry in the Age of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)