This subspecialty of psychiatry brings expertise
about mental disorders to the courts (with expert witness testimony) as well as to other
third parties such as employers and insurance companies.
Also: forensic psychiatrist
Books and Other
Media:
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Applebaurm, Paul & Gutheil, Thomas Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law
Heilbrun, Kirk (Editor),
et al
Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook (Hardcover - April 2002)
Rosner, Richard (Editor)
Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law hardcover 1985
Rosner, Richard (Editor)
Criminal Court Consultation (Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the
Law, Vol 5) hardcover 1989
Rosner, Richard (Editor)
Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry hardcover
2003
Simon, Robert & Gold, Liza (Editors)
The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry 2004
Simon, Robert & Gold, Liza (Editors)
Study Guide to Forensic Psychiatry: A Companion to
The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry
(Paperback 2006)
Simon, Robert & Shuman, Daniel Clinical Manual of Psychiatry And Law
Paperback 2007