Forensic Psychiatry

Nigel Eastman was Emeritus Professor of Law and Ethics in Psychiatry at St George's, University of London, UK and Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, UK. He died unexpectedly in February 2022, while this work was still in press. Prof. Eastman was a passionate and dedicated educator, and his publications are a testimony to that passion, and the culmination of a lifetime of study, clinical practice and research. This book would not exist without him and it is with both sadness and respect that we, his co- authors and editors, dedicate this book to him, as a posthumous thank you for the enthusiasm, intellect and generosity that made it possible.Gwen Adshead is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist at Broadmoor Hospital, West London NHS Trust, Southall, UK.Simone Fox is a Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK.Richard Latham is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at East London NHS Foundation Trust, UK.Seán Whyte is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Clinical Director at South-West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, UK and a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.Hannah Kate Williams is a Specialty Registrar in Forensic Psychiatry & Medical Psychotherapy at South-West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, UK.

• Part I: Introduction to the handbook1: Introduction to the handbookPart II: Clinical forensic psychiatry2: Clinical and social aspects of crime3: Mental disorders in forensic psychiatry4: Assessment in forensic psychiatry5: Risk assessment6: Treatment7: Risk management8: Forensic psychiatric servicesPart III: The ethics of forensic psychiatry9: Ethical decision making10: Professional duties and personal integrity11: Conflicting ethical values12: Clinical matters raising ethical issuesPart IV: Law relevant to psychiatry13: The interface between psychiatry and law14: Legal systems15: Criminal law16: Mental health and mental capacity law17: Civil lawPart V: Psychiatry within the legal system18: The criminal justice system19: Legal tests relevant to psychiatry20: The psychiatrist in court21: Applied ethics and testimony22: Providing reports23: Giving evidencePart VI: AppendicesA: Appendices

Review from previous edition A careful reading of [Forensic Psychiatry's] content will enable the practitioner to progress unscathed through this minefield of conflicting paradigms and constructs. Encyclopaedic in its scope, thorough and fair-minded in its analysis, it sets the standard against which other texts in its field will be judged in the future.