Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy

Name: Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy
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ISBN: 9781853023897

ISBN-10: 1853023892

ISBN-13: 9781853023897

Edition: 1996

Authors: Estela Welldon, Cleo Van Velsen

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Forensic psychiatry has expanded exponentially in the last 20 years, with a dramatic increase in forensic psychiatry posts and medium secure unit beds. This book covers both theory and practice relating to forensic psychiatry.

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 11/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.17" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Foreword



Foreword



Foreword



General Introduction




The Practical Approach




Management and Treatment




The Psychodynamics of Incest




Precursors in Childhood of Anti-Social Behaviour, Delinquency and Crime




Adolescents who Sexually Abuse




The Learning Disabled (Mentally Handicapped) Offender




From Troubled Families to Corrupt Care: Sexual Abuse in Institutions




Understanding Murderous Young People




Murderousness




Women who Murder their Children




Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy




The Female Arsonist




A Case of Murder




'Written on the Body': Deliberate Self-Harm and Violence




Psychotherapy in a Special Hospital: Learning Difficulty and Violence




Music Therapy and Psychotic Violence




The Treatment of Alcohol Dependency in Groups




Violence and Alcohol




Addiction: Loving and Hating




Rape




The Flasher




A Case of Voyeurism




From Sado-Masochism to Shared Sadness




Auto-Erotic Asphyxia and Art Psychotherapy




Female Prostitution




Technical Problems in the Psychotherapy of Perverse Female Patients




The Burglar




The Female Fraudster




Money for Nothing: A Case of 'White Collar' Crime




Women who Shoplift




A Delinquent in the Therapeutic Community: Actions Speak Louder than Words




Working on the Borderline: Can We Continue to Turn a Blind Eye?




The Court, the Lawyer, the Psychiatrist and the Legal System




The Adversarial Process: Trial by Ordeal?




Forensic Psychotherapy Assessments and the Legal System




Medico-Legal Ethics in Forensic Psychotherapy




Research




Audit



References


The Contributors


Subject Index


Author Index