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Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law (CLINICAL HANDBOOK OF PSYCHIATRY & THE LAW

By Thomas G. Gutheil MD , Paul S. Appelbaum MD

Book information

Publisher
LWW
Year
2006
ISBN
0781778913, 9780781778916
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1396936 bytes)
Series
GUTHEIL
Edition
Fourth
Pages
336\336
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-07-18 16:20:13
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Description

Thoroughly updated for its Fourth Edition, this award-winning handbook gives mental health professionals authoritative guidance on how the law affects their clinical practice. Each chapter presents case examples of legal issues that arise in practice, clearly explains the governing legal rules, their rationale, and their clinical impact, and offers concrete action guides to navigating clinico-legal dilemmas. This edition addresses crucial recent developments including new federal rules protecting patients' privacy, regulations minimizing use of seclusion and restraint, liability risks associated with newer psychiatric medications, malpractice risks in forensic psychiatry, and new structured assessment tools for violence risk, suicidality, and decisional capacity.

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