Risk assessment in psychiatry : a guide for lawyers /
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| Author / Creator: | Mahendra, B. (Bala), 1950- |
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| Imprint: | Bristol : Jordans/Family Law, c2008. |
| Description: | xxiv, 276 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7368610 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Glossary
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Part I. The Psychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 1. The nature and scope of psychiatric disorder
- Introduction
- The provenance of psychiatric disorders
- Illness and disorder
- Abnormality and pathology
- Origins of mental disorders
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Mental illness and behaviour
- Chapter 2. Organic mental disorders
- Introduction
- The dementias
- Dementia - clinical features
- Dementia - the causes
- Dementia - the management
- Dementia - the risks
- The confusional states
- The confusional states - causation
- The confusional states - management
- The confusional states - risks
- Head injury
- Head injury - post-concussional state
- Head injury - risks
- Summary
- Chapter 3. The psychotic disorders
- Introduction
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia - clinical features
- Schizophrenia - causation - genetics
- Schizophrenia - causation - the environment
- Schizophrenia - treatment
- Schizophrenia - prognosis
- Schizophrenia - the risks
- Other paranoid disorders
- Other paranoid disorders - the risks
- Summary
- Chapter 4. Disorders of mood
- Introduction
- Depressive illness - clinical features
- Mania - clinical features
- Bipolar disorder
- Bipolar disorder - causation
- Bipolar disorder - treatment
- Bipolar disorder - prognosis
- Bipolar disorder - risks
- Summary
- Chapter 5. The neuroses
- Introduction
- Minor depressive illness
- Anxiety states
- Generalised anxiety states
- Panic states
- Phobic disorders
- Anxiety states - causation
- Anxiety states - treatment
- Anxiety states - prognosis
- Anxiety states - risks
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Stress reactions
- Hysteria
- Somatoform disorders
- Summary
- Chapter 6. Disorders of dependence and appetite
- Introduction
- Alcohol
- Alcohol - the effects
- Alcohol - the risk factors
- Alcohol - treatment
- Alcohol - the prognosis
- Illicit drugs
- Cannabis
- The opiate drugs
- Amphetamines
- Cocaine
- Some other illicit drugs
- Illicit drugs - treatment
- Pathological gambling
- Substance misuse - the risks
- Disorders of appetite
- Eating disorders - causation
- Eating disorders - treatment
- Summary
- Chapter 7. Disorders of personality and psychopathy
- Introduction
- Personality disorders - general features
- Personality disorders - classification
- Psychopathy
- Personality disorders - causation
- Personality disorders - management
- Personality disorders - prognosis
- Personality disorders - the risks
- Summary
- Chapter 8. Learning disabilities and developmental disorders
- Learning disabilities
- Learning disabilities - causation
- Learning disabilities - management
- Learning disabilities - prognosis
- Learning disabilities - the risks
- Other developmental disorders - childhood autism
- Asperger's syndrome
- Summary
- Chapter 9. Special situations and unusual disorders
- Introduction
- Post-partum psychiatric disorders
- Post-partum depressive illness
- Post-partum or puerperal psychosis
- Cultural influences
- Morbid jealousy
- Erotomania
- Munchausen's syndrome
- Summary
- Part II. Risk Assessment in Psychiatry
- Chapter 10. Risk assessment of violence
- Introduction
- Suicidal behaviour
- Deliberate self-harm (DSH)
- Aggression turned outwards
- Violence associated with mental disorder
- Violence unassociated with mental disorder
- Some conclusions from forensic psychiatry
- Sexual violence
- Summary
- Chapter 11. Risk assessment in family and child law practice
- Introduction
- Domestic violence
- Domestic violence directly involving children
- Domestic violence involving children indirectly
- Parental alienation
- Domestic sexual violence
- Sexual violence against children
- Summary
- Chapter 12. Risk assessment in employment
- Psychiatric aspects of employment
- Introduction
- Secondary disability
- Secondary disability associated with litigation
- Work-related psychiatric injury
- Disability discrimination
- Summary
- Chapter 13. Risk assessment in post-traumatic states
- Introduction
- Interactions causing post-traumatic injury
- Pre-existing and concurrent psychiatric disorder
- Exaggerated responses to post-traumatic injury
- Secondary disability following trauma
- Malingering
- Summary
- Chapter 14. Risk assessment of changing mental states
- Introduction
- Capacity
- Capacity in civil cases
- Testamentary capacity
- Witness competence
- Suggestible defendant
- Changing diagnosis
- Summary
- Chapter 15. Risk assessment of nuisance behaviour
- Introduction
- Antisocial behaviour
- Neighbour disputes
- Parental disputes
- Stalking nuisance
- Vexatious litigants
- Summary
- Appendix 1. Practice Direction: Experts in Family Proceedings Relating to Children
- Appendix 2. Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Pt 1
- Appendix 3. Hatton v Sutherland; Barber v Somerset County Council; Jones v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council; Bishop v Baker Refractories Ltd [2002] EWCA Civ 76
- Appendix 4. Mental Capacity Act 2005, Pt 1
- Appendix 5. Select Bibiography
- Index
