Violence and Mental Disorder
Subtitle: Developments in Risk Assessment (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and De)
Contributors: John Monahan (Editor); Henry J. Steadman (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: May 15, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780226534060
Subjects: Behavioural theory (Behaviourism); Disability: social aspects; Psychiatry; Politics / Current Events; Psychology; Legal System; Mental Illness; Psychology & Psychiatry / Mental Illness
First sentence: The concept of risk of harm to others plays a pivotal role in both criminal and civil aspects of mental health law.