Title: Psychiatry and law.
Authors: Slovenko, Ralph.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Year: 1973
Subjects: Forensic Psychiatry; Insanity (Law) United States.; Forensic psychiatry.; Mental health laws United States
Contents: Part One: THE PSYCHIATRIST AND PROOF AT LAW -- 1. EVIDENCE IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS -- 2. PSYCHIATRIC EXPERT TESTIMONY AND THE ADVERSARY SYSTEM -- 3· WITNESSES AND THE CREDIBILITY OF TESTIMONY -- 4· PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION -- Part Two: THE PSYCHIATRIST AND EVALUATION IN CRIMINAL LAW -- 5· CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY -- 6. COMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL -- 7· COMPETENCY TO BE EXECUTED -- 8. THE PSYCHIATRIC COURT CLINIC -- Part Three:THE PSYCHIATRIST AND PARTICULAR CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- 9· ALCOHOLISM -- 10. DRUG ADDICTION -- 11. OBSCENITY AND PORNOGRAPHY -- 12. SEXUAL PSYCHOPATH LEGISLATION -- Part Four:THE PSYCHIATRIST AND HOSPITALIZATION -- 13· ADMISSION AND DISCHARGE PROCEDURES -- 14. RIGHTS OF COMMITTED PATIENTS -- Part Five:THE PSYCHIATRIST AND EVALUATION IN TORT LIABILITY -- 15. TORT LIABILITY AND CLAIMS OF THE MENTALLY INCOMPETENT -- 16. TRAUMATIC NEUROSIS