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This book offers a unique framework for examining the various types of family murder-delving into the commonalities, the differences, and society's misconceptions and providing readers with a comprehensive guide to begin to understand these tragedies.
"In September 2019, Amazon released "The Family Man," a fictional series for Hindi-speaking audiences about the Indian government's responses to transnational terrorism. In one episode , men from the federal government's Central Reserve Police Force and the Jammu and Kashmir state police stand with rifles in front of armored trucks on the streets of Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir. With the shops shuttered at night, there is no civilian activity. The bright lights of security surveillance illuminate the surroundings"--
"In this sixth edition of NMS Psychiatry, each chapter as well as the drug appendix has been updated to include the latest medications and treatment protocols. New chapters have been added on the emerging fields of emergency and geriatric psychiatry. In addition, we have continued to revise, update, and add new questions to each chapter and to the comprehensive examination to help students prepare for National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Subject examinations as well as the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step 2"--Provided by publisher.
NMS Psychiatry, Fifth Edition offers medical students a quick review of psychiatry in an outline format that allows rapid study and retention. Each chapter is followed by USMLE-style questions and answers. A comprehensive Board simulation examination is offered online. This updated edition includes the latest medications, treatment protocols, and evidence-based practice guidelines. The substance-related disorders chapter now includes "club drugs". Eating disorders have been given a separate chapter to distinguish them from impulse disorders. Questions have been revised to better reflect the level of difficulty of shelf exams. The book has a new two-color design with wider margins for notes.
An increasing number of parents are refusing vaccines, believing vaccines pose greater risks than benefits to their children. Given the certainty of the medical community that vaccines are safe and effective, many wonder how such parents, who are most likely to be white, have high levels of education, and have the greatest access to healthcare services and resources, could hold such beliefs? Reich has been following the issue of vaccine refusal for over a decade, and examines how parents who opt out of vaccinations see their decision: what they fear, what they hope to control, and what they believe is in their child's best interest. -- adapted from back cover
This textbook, one of the first, provides a comprehensive review of the relationship between psychiatry and legal medicine in the older population. Sections reviewing evaluation, civil and criminal topics, and numerous other areas such as risk management, will help physicians, attorneys, and other professionals in their work with the elderly.
General clinicians conduct most forensic psychiatric examinations and provide most psychiatric testimony. Yet these clinicians often receive little or no training in forensic psychiatry, leaving them ill prepared to meet the inevitable ethical and legal challenges that arise. Both timely and informative, this textbook is the first reference designed and written for both the general clinician and the experienced forensic psychiatrist. Here, 28 recognized experts introduce the forensic subjects that commonly arise in clinical practice. Unique in the literature, this outstanding collection covers • Introductory subjects—Organized psychiatry and forensic practice; the legal system and the di...
The third edition of this award-winning textbook has been revised and thoroughly updated. Building on the success of the previous editions, it continues to address the history and practice of forensic psychiatry, legal regulation of the practice of psychiatry, forensic evaluation and treatment, psychiatry in relation to civil law, criminal law and family law, as well as correctional forensic psychiatry. New chapters address changes in the assessment and treatment of aggression and violence as well as psychological and neuroimaging assessments.
This volume provides a comprehensive understanding of the biology of dementias, including information on advancements in the way these disorders are perceived and studied. From earlier assumptions that cognitive deficits were simply age related, this handbook progresses into complex discussions of the diseases that affect the cortex of the human brain. Clinicians will find extensive diagnostic and research perspectives on a variety of interesting topics, including neuropathology, physiopathology, biology, clinics, and imaging information on all, or most, of the dementing disorders currently known. In addition, chapters devoted to legal and ethical issues give practitioners and health care wo...