1st Edition

Practical Forensic Psychiatry

Edited By Tom Clark, Dharjinder Singh Rooprai Copyright 2011

    Succinct, structured, and focused, this book concentrates on the key facts and practical day-to-day issues vital to forensic psychiatry.

    • Includes fact-oriented practical advice and clinically relevant examples
    • Reflects current practice and the latest laws
    • Provides tips on testifying in legal matters
    • Features a clear bullet point style to help readers find key facts at a glance


    An essential purchase for trainees in psychiatry, the book is ideal both fact-oriented exam preparation. It is also valuable as a quick clinical reference for practising consultant psychiatrists and other mental health professionals working in forensic psychiatry, including mental health nurses, social workers, psychologists, and occupational therapists.

    The Development of Forensic Psychiatric Services
    James Reed
    Entry into Secure Care
    Helen Whitworth
    Treatment and Outcomes in Secure Care
    Leela Sivaprasad
    Challenging Issues in Secure Care
    Rebekah Bourne
    Leaving Secure Care and Community Follow-up
    Dharjinder Singh Rooprai
    Risk of Violence Assessment
    Tom Clark and Muthusamy Natarajan
    Psychosis and Offending
    Tom Clark and Muthusamy Natarajan
    Mood Disorders, Neuroses and Offending
    Clare Oakley
    Personality Disorders and Offending
    Clare Oakley
    Learning Disability, Autistic Spectrum Disorders and Offending
    Dharjinder Singh Rooprai
    Women in Secure Care
    John Croft
    Children and Adolescents in Secure Care
    Leela Sivaprasad
    Sex Offenders, Stalkers and Fire Setters
    Rebekah Bourne
    Crime and Criminology
    Renarta Rowe
    The Criminal Law and Sentencing
    James Reed
    Psychiatry and the Police
    Renarta Rowe
    Psychiatry and the Criminal Justice System
    Helen Whitworth
    Prisons and Prisoners
    Dharjinder Singh Rooprai and Tom Clark
    Mental Health Care in Prisons
    Tom Clark and Dharjinder Singh Rooprai
    Psychiatric Issues in Criminal Courts
    Tom Clark
    Providing Expert Evidence to Criminal Courts
    Tom Clark

    Biography

    Dr Dharjinder Rooprai, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist (Forensic LD, ASD and ABI), Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, West of England Forensic Mental Health Service, Bristol, UK

    Dr Tom Clark, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Reaside Clinic, Birmingham; Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry, West Midlands School of Psychiatry; Visiting Forensic Psychiatrist, HMP Birmingham, UK

    " … easy to read, with the different subject matters clearly set out. The authors have appropriately used text boxes to provide practical information and the use of tables to present information is very helpful to the reader. … Overall I found this book to be a well structured concise, practical guide to forensic psychiatry."
    — Rebecca O'Donovan, East Midlands Forensic Psychiatry Training