- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Part I Introduction to the handbook
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part II Clinical forensic psychiatry
- Chapter 2 Clinical and social aspects of crime
- Chapter 3 Mental disorders in forensic psychiatry*
- Chapter 4 Assessment in forensic psychiatry
- Chapter 5 Risk assessment
- Chapter 6 Treatment
- Chapter 7 Risk management
- Chapter 8 Forensic psychiatric services
- Part III The ethics of forensic psychiatry
- Chapter 9 Ethical decision-making
- Chapter 10 Professional duties and personal integrity
- Chapter 11 Conflicting ethical values
- Chapter 12 Clinical situations raising ethical issues
- Part IV Law relevant to psychiatry*
- Chapter 13 The interface between psychiatry and law
- Chapter 14 Legal systems
- Chapter 15 Criminal law
- Chapter 16 Mental health and mental capacity law*
- Part V Psychiatry within the legal system
- Chapter 17 The criminal justice system
- Chapter 18 Legal tests relevant to psychiatry
- Chapter 19 Civil legal issues
- Chapter 20 The psychiatrist in court*
- Chapter 21 Applied ethics and testimony
- Chapter 22 Providing reports
- Chapter 23 Giving evidence
- Appendix 1 Diagnostic classifications: DSM & ICD
- Appendix 2 Statutes
- Appendix 3 Legal cases
- Appendix 4 Ethical codes
- Appendix 5 Important inquiries and reports
- Appendix 6 Mental health law: quick reference
- Index
(p. 293) The interface between psychiatry and law
- Chapter:
- (p. 293) The interface between psychiatry and law
- Author(s):
Nigel Eastman
, Gwen Adshead
, Simone Fox
, Richard Latham
, and Seán Whyte
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199562824.003.0055
Goals of the psychiatric & legal systems 294
Legal and psychiatric constructs & models 296
The use of information 297
Negotiating the interface 299
The relationship between psychiatry and law is at the heart of forensic psychiatry. Whether practising clinical forensic psychiatry or providing psychiatric evidence to a court or tribunal, an understanding and knowledge of the different goals of the legal system, and the way the law asks and answers questions in the service of those goals, is crucial....
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- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Part I Introduction to the handbook
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part II Clinical forensic psychiatry
- Chapter 2 Clinical and social aspects of crime
- Chapter 3 Mental disorders in forensic psychiatry*
- Chapter 4 Assessment in forensic psychiatry
- Chapter 5 Risk assessment
- Chapter 6 Treatment
- Chapter 7 Risk management
- Chapter 8 Forensic psychiatric services
- Part III The ethics of forensic psychiatry
- Chapter 9 Ethical decision-making
- Chapter 10 Professional duties and personal integrity
- Chapter 11 Conflicting ethical values
- Chapter 12 Clinical situations raising ethical issues
- Part IV Law relevant to psychiatry*
- Chapter 13 The interface between psychiatry and law
- Chapter 14 Legal systems
- Chapter 15 Criminal law
- Chapter 16 Mental health and mental capacity law*
- Part V Psychiatry within the legal system
- Chapter 17 The criminal justice system
- Chapter 18 Legal tests relevant to psychiatry
- Chapter 19 Civil legal issues
- Chapter 20 The psychiatrist in court*
- Chapter 21 Applied ethics and testimony
- Chapter 22 Providing reports
- Chapter 23 Giving evidence
- Appendix 1 Diagnostic classifications: DSM & ICD
- Appendix 2 Statutes
- Appendix 3 Legal cases
- Appendix 4 Ethical codes
- Appendix 5 Important inquiries and reports
- Appendix 6 Mental health law: quick reference
- Index