Psychology & Psychiatry : Forensic Psychology

Offers a systematic approach to personality assessment in presenting use of Rorschach in specific forensic contexts. This book opens with essential information related to the scientific and legal basis of the Rorschach. It concludes with useful models for the Rorschach use in specialized areas of forensic practice, such as battered women. more...

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This comprehensive text provides an up-to-date review and critique of current theorising about sexual offending. It presents the key ideas underpinning each theory in a clear and accessible manner. Theories are rigorously tested and evaluated, and their merits are examined from both a research and a clinical point of view. more...

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Trial Designs and Outcomes in Dementia Therapeutic Research is written to take stock of what is now usefully known, and to speculate on directions for the future. more...

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Clinical Risk Assessment and Management provides background and information to mental health professionals working in forensic settings on release decision making, with a particular focus on violent offenders. Emphasizing how best to achieve the safe release of individuals from psychiatric hospitals and prisons in a way that protects society while avoiding the undue restriction of individuals, each chapter focuses on a specific topic such as law, risk, diagnosis, evidence, and assessment tools, and includes chapter summaries and case illustrations. more...

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A pressing need for the integration of current practice, research and service development is addressed in this comprehensive book, which explores the experience of work with women in secure mental health settings. The first section offers different perspectives on the needs and situations of this minority population. It includes consideration of the differing needs of women and men, and key environmental and therapeutic issues highlighted by recent research and service provision. Further chapters cover clinical illustrations of work with women in different settings, including descriptions of integrated multi-disciplinary practice, discussion of the experience of female patients and staff on a mixed sex ward, and exploration of therapeutic groupwork. The final section offers practice guidelines and frameworks for both individual staff and professional teams. At a time when the government's national agenda for mental health has focused on specialist secure provision for women, this book is essential reading for all those working in this challenging area. more...

Price: $39.95