Full Description
Thoroughly updated for its Fourth Edition, this award-winning handbook gives mental health professionals authoritative guidance on how the law affects their clinical practice. Each chapter presents case examples of legal issues that arise in practice, clearly explains the governing legal rules, their rationale, and their clinical impact, and offers concrete action guides to navigating clinico-legal dilemmas. This edition addresses crucial recent developments including new federal rules protecting patients' privacy, regulations minimizing use of seclusion and restraint, liability risks associated with newer psychiatric medications, malpractice risks in forensic psychiatry, and new structured assessment tools for violence risk, suicidality, and decisional capacity.
Contents
How to Use This BookCONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVILEGECase ExamplesLegal IssuesClinical IssuesPitfallsCase Example EpiloguesAction GuideSuggested ReadingsCase ExamplesLegal IssuesClinical IssuesPitfallsCase Example EpiloguesAction GuideSuggested ReadingsCase ExamplesLegal IssuesClinical IssuesPitfallsCase Example EpiloguesAction GuideSuggested ReadingsCase ExamplesLegal IssuesClinical IssuesPitfallsCase Example EpiloguesAction GuideSuggested ReadingsCOMPETENCE AND SUBSTITUTE DECISION MAKINGCase ExamplesLegal IssuesClinical IssuesPitfallsCase Example EpiloguesAction GuideSuggested ReadingsFORENSIC EVALUATIONSCase ExamplesLegal IssuesClinical IssuesPitfallsCase Example EpiloguesAction GuideSuggested ReadingsCLINICIANS AND LAWYERSCase ExamplesLegal IssuesClinical IssuesPitfallsCase Example EpiloguesAction GuideSuggested ReadingsCase ExamplesLegal IssuesClinical IssuesPitfallsCase Example EpiloguesAction GuideSuggested Readings
