The Evolution of Forensic Psychiatry : History, Current Developments, Future Directions.

Cover -- The Evolution of Forensic Psychiatry History, Current Developments, Future Directions -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Section One: History -- 1. American Forensic Psychiatry Begins: Setting Standards -- 2. Development of Forensic Psychiatry Training at Temple University and Services in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania: A Memoir -- 3. The Modern Era of Forensic Psychiatry -- Section Two: Current Developments: Teaching Forensic Psychiatry -- 4. The Teaching Roles of the Forensic Psychiatrist -- 5. The Program in Psychiatry and the Law: A New Direction in Forensic Training and Experience -- 6. Reflections of a Forensic Teacher -- 7. Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Training: Fundamentals for the Future -- 8. The Development of a Fully Integrated Forensic Psychiatry Residency Within a General Department of Psychiatry -- Section Three: Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry -- 9. "The Child Is Father of the Man": Mutual Influences of Child and Adult Forensic Psychiatry -- 10. Childhood Maltreatment and Chronic Unmediated Stress: A New View for Forensic Psychiatry -- 11. Social Policy, Child Abuse and Neglect, and Forensic Psychiatry -- 12. Juvenile Sentencing and the Possibility of Parole Following Miller v. Alabama -- Section Four: Psychiatry Subspecialties and Forensic Psychiatry -- 13. Forensic Issues in Hospital-Based Psychiatric Consultations -- 14. Forensic Issues in Geriatric Psychiatry -- 15. Inpatient Forensic Psychiatry -- 16. Correctional Psychiatry: Its Influence on the Forensic Psychiatrist -- 17. Managing Malpractice Risks During Psychopharmacologic Treatment -- 18. Forensic Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry -- Section Five: Forensic Psychiatry and Other Professions -- 19. Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology: Fraternal Twins of Courtroom Science.

20. Forensic Psychiatric Ethics: A Return to the Ivory Tower -- 21. Forensic Sleep Medicine: Sleepwalking, Automatisms, Scientific Evidence, and the Law -- 22. Nobody Wins Without a Good Team -- 23. Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry: Sharing a Discipline -- Section Six: Forensic Psychiatry and Legal Issues -- 24. Forensic Psychiatry and the Law: Litigation, Advocacy, Scholarship, and Teaching -- 25. Forensic Psychiatry: A View From a Trial Lawyer and a Judge -- 26. The Growing Intersection of Forensic Psychiatry and Federal Criminal Defense -- 27. Forensic Psychiatry in Law Enforcement: A Practitioner's Perspective -- Section Seven: Future Directions -- 28. Linking Brain and Behavioral Measures in the Medical-Legal Context -- 29. Neurocriminology: Applications for Forensic Psychiatry -- 30. How Can the Neuroscience of Memory Inform Our Understanding of Amnesia in Criminal Settings? -- 31. Indispensable Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology: The (Non) Challenge from Neuroscience -- Appendix: ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Forensic Psychiatry -- Suggested Readings -- Index.

Extraordinarily comprehensive in both historical beginnings and modern-day practice, Dr. Robert Sadoff's The Evolution of Forensic Psychiatry features prominent leaders and researchers in the field who continue to have the greatest influence on the growth of forensic psychiatry. While geared towards psychiatrists and mental health workers, this book will also prove immensely useful to criminologists and law professionals looking to understand the science behind forensic psychiatry and how to apply it to their own understanding of the criminal justice system.

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