A lawyer's guide to understanding psychiatry
By: John S. Carbone
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781614385943
Subjects: Expert Evidence; Forensic psychiatry; Insanity (Law); Insanity defense
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Whirlwind historical observations on Western psychiatry, or how we came to have the diagnostic and statistical manual; title: Pursuing the diagnosis; title: History of the current symptoms; title: Past medical history; title: Past psychiatric history; title: Psychosocial and family history; title: Physical examination with review of systems; title: Mental status exam; title: Testing, both laboratory and psychometric differential diagnosis; title: Documentation; title: The neuroses and the psychoses; title: The personality disorders; title: Psychotropic medications and other treatment options; title: Other treatment modalities; title: The world of psyhotropic medications; title: Things are not necessarily as they appear; title: The divination of future dangerousness; title: The elements of admissability; title: Making sense of confusion; title: What do the courts say?; title: What is one to do?