Table of Contents

Section I: Mental Health Practice Guidelines
Chapter 1: Confidentiality and Privilege/Shane Konrad & Eraka Bath
Chapter 2: Informed Consent/Gregory Davis
Chapter 3: Duty to Protect/Andrew Kopelman
Chapter 4: Expert Testimony/Scott Soloway & Bryan Shelby
Chapter 5: Questions on Mental Health Practice Guidelines
Section II: Institutional Treatment Guidelines
Chapter 6: Civil Commitment/Elizabeth Ford
Chapter 7: Right to Die/Elizabeth Ford
Chapter 8: Right to Treatment/Bipin Subedi
Chapter 9: Right to Refuse Treatment/Rebecca Lewis
Chapter 10: Questions on Institutional Treatment Guidelines
Section III: Child and Adolescent Issues
Chapter 11: Child Abuse Reporting/Shawn Sidhu & Eraka Bath
Chapter 12: Child Custody & Parental Competencies/Eileen Ryan
Chapter 13: Juvenile Rights/Eileen Ryan and Elizabeth Ford
Chapter 14: Education for all Handicapped Persons Act/Shawn Sidhu
Chapter 15: Questions on Child and Adolescent Issues
Section IV: Tort Law
Chapter 16: Disability/Howard Forman 3
Chapter 17: Emotional Harm/Amar Mehta
Chapter 18: Health Insurance/Bryan Shelby, Merrill Rotter & Elizabeth Ford
Chapter 19: Sexual Harassment/Andrew Levin & Merrill Rotter
Chapter 20: Sex/Merrill Rotter
Chapter 21: Questions on Tort Law
Section V: Criminal Law and Incarceration
Chapter 22: Criminal Procedure/Michael Greenspan, Amar Mehta and Merrill Rotter
Chapter 23: Criminal Competencies/Matthew Grover
Chapter 24: Diminished Capacity/Michael Greenspan
Chapter 25: Insanity/Katya Frischer
Chapter 26: Prisoners' Rights/Omar Khan, Rebecca Lewis & Bipin Subedi
Chapter 27: Death Penalty /Tara Straka
Chapter 28: Sex Offenders/Li-wen Lee
Chapter 29: Questions on Criminal Law and Incarceration

About the Author

Dr. Elizabeth Ford is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine, is the Director of Bellevue Hospital's Forensic Psychiatry Division, and is the Training Director for the NYU Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship. She has been involved in clinical practice, research and education, both locally and nationally, in the field of forensic psychiatry since 2005.

Merrill Rotter is a forensic psychiatrist working at Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Law and Psychiatry for the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Rotter received his B.A./M.D. from the Boston University Six-Year Combined Liberal Arts Medical Education Program. Trained in clinical psychiatry at Columbia and in forensic psychiatry at Yale, Dr. Rotter leads a program of teaching, research and clinical
service for Einstein as well as the New York State Office of Mental Health. In his OMH role, Dr. Rotter is Director of the Division of Forensic Services at Bronx Psychiatric Center and Senior Consultant to
the Division of Forensic Services. In addition, Dr. Rotter is the Medical Director of the EAC and its NYC TASC Mental Health Programs which provide mental health diversion services in Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Rockland County. He is Project Director of SPECTRM, a research, training and treatment program aimed at helping to meet the needs individuals with mental illness who have a history of incarceration.

Reviews

This book provides trenchant, short summaries of Landmark cases that facilitate study for forensic psychiatry board exams.

Phillip J. Resnick, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University and Course Director, Forensic Psychiatry Review Course
"Drs. Ford, Rotter and their colleagues have assembled a supremely practical collection of summaries of landmark cases in law and psychiatry. Among the terrific features of this volume are links that enable readers to access each case online, and a set of questions after each section that tests understanding of the cases. Trainees in forensic psychiatry and psychology-as well as experienced practitioners seeking to refresh their knowledge-will find this book
indispensable." -- Paul S. Appelbaum, MD, Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine & Law, Columbia University
"This short work offers brief summaries of legal cases highlighted by American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) for their importance in the ever-changing landscape of medical and mental health treatment. The questions are relevant and illustrate many of the vital concepts discussed in the case summaries. I imagine this book will become a favorite of those studying for the ABPN's Forensic
Psychiatry Board Examination, but it will also be useful as a quick reference tool for forensic practitioners." Weighted Numerical Score: 96 - 4 Stars! -- Doody's Health Sciences Book Review
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