Assessment
Assessment A psychiatric evaluation helps to (a) make a diagnosis, (b) estimate the severity of the patient’s condition, (c) decide on an initial course of action, (d) develop a relationship…
PSYCHIATRY
Psychiatric Classification
Psychiatric Classification DSM-IV Psychiatric diagnosis has long been criticized as ambiguous and unreliable. Some diagnoses have been based on subjective, unverifiable, intrapsychic phenomena, whereas others have been heterogeneously broad. Modern…
Management of offenders with mental disorder in specialist forensic mental health services
Management of offenders with mental disorder in specialist forensic mental health services Pamela J. Taylor Emma Dunn Philosophy and theoretical models Specialist forensic mental health (fmh) services are for people…
Managing offenders with psychiatric disorders in general psychiatric services
Managing offenders with psychiatric disorders in general psychiatric services James R. P. Ogloff It has been shown that the prevalence of mental illness among those in the criminal justice system…
The expert witness in the Criminal Court: assessment, reports, and testimony
The expert witness in the Criminal Court: assessment, reports, and testimony John O’Grady As an expert witness in the Criminal Court, the psychiatrist ceases to be simply a doctor as…
Assessing and managing the risks of violence towards others
Assessing and managing the risks of violence towards others Paul E. Mullen James R. P. Ogloff ‘Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future’ Niels Bohr (1885-1962) Introduction Assessing and…
The impact of criminal victimization
The impact of criminal victimization Gillian C. Mezey Ian Robbins Epidemiology The prevalence of crime depends on the methodological approach that is adopted, the questions being asked and the population…
Domestic violence
Domestic violence Gillian C. Mezey Introduction Over the last decade, the issue of domestic violence has been transformed from a position of ‘selective inattention’ to becoming a high-priority social and…
Querulous behaviour: vexatious litigation, abnormally persistent complaining and petitioning
Querulous behaviour: vexatious litigation, abnormally persistent complaining and petitioning Paul E. Mullen Querulantenwahn (Ger.) A form of so called paranoia in which there exists in a patient an insuppressible and…
