Foundations of forensic mental health assessment
By: Kirk Heilbrun, Thomas Grisso, Alan M. Goldstein.
Contributors: Grisso, Thomas.; Goldstein, Alan M.
Series: Best practices in forensic mental health assessment
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195323092
Subjects: Forensic psychiatry; Mental illness -- Diagnosis; Forensic Psychiatry -- methods; Forensic Psychiatry -- standards; Mental Disorders -- diagnosis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Defining forensic mental health assessment; title: A history of forensic mental health assessment; title: A history of selected forensic issues in FMHA; title: Law as a contributor to best-practice standards; title: Behavioral and medical sciences contributing to best-practice standards; title: Professional ethics in contributing to a best-practice standard; title: Professional practice contributing to best-practice standards; title: Guidelines: Simon and Gold; title: Principles: Melton and colleagues; title: Principles: Heilbrun and colleagues; title: Expert testimony maxims: Brodsky; title: Principles of FMHA: an integration; title: Establishing standards for forensic mental health assessments; title: Structure and content of each of the remaining nineteen volumes.