Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry: Minimizing Harm

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

List of Contributors.

Part One Ethics in Forensic Psychiatry.

1 Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry in the United States (Robert L. Sadoff).

2 Minimizing Harm: A Perspective from Forensic Psychiatry in the United Kingdom (John A. Baird).

3 Mental Health and Human Rights in Forensic Psychiatry in the European Union (Emanuele Valenti and Luis Fernando Barrios Flores).

Part Two The Practice of Forensic Psychiatry.

4 The Forensic Psychiatric Examination (Robert L. Sadoff).

5 The Forensic Psychiatric Report (Robert L. Sadoff).

6 Expert Psychiatric Testimony (Robert L. Sadoff).

Part Three Vulnerable Populations in the Justice System.

7 Children and Adolescents (Robert L. Sadoff).

8 The Elderly, the Mentally Retarded, and the Severely Mentally Disabled (Robert L. Sadoff).

9 Victims and Predators of Sexual Violence (Robert L. Sadoff).

10 Immigrants: A Vulnerable Population (Solange Margery Bertoglia).

11 Prisoners and Death Row Inmates (Robert L. Sadoff).

12 Forensic Psychiatric Experts: Risks and Liability (Robert L. Sadoff).

13 Risks of Harm to the Forensic Expert: the Legal Perspective (Donna L. Vanderpool).

Index.