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Forensic Psychology and Clinical Assessment 2009 New and Forthcoming Books

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Psychiatry in Law / Law in Psychiatry Second Edition Ralph Slovenko, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA “A veritable tour de force. Every forensic psychiatric topic is covered and made easily understandable, no matter how complicated. A must read for every aspiring forensic mental

health professional.” - Abraham. L. Halpern, Professor Emeritus of

Psychiatry, New York Medical College, Valhalla, USA; Past President of American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

“Dr. Slovenko is truly one of the eminent leaders in the field that he characterizes as “The Intermix of Psychiatry and Law.” His most recent publication of Psychiatry in Law/Law in Psychiatry, 2nd Edition, is encyclopedic in its comprehensiveness, thoroughness, and magnitude. It is a cutting-edge reference text, easy-to-read, and a most informative source of relevant information, presented in the lucid, common-sense manner, so characteristic of the author. Every lawyer and forensic psychiatrist should own this book, and refer to it frequently.” - Eric W. Fine, MD, MRCPsych (London), Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA

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Psychiatry in Law/Law in Psychiatry, 2nd Edition, is a sweeping, up-to-date examination of the infiltration of psychiatry into law and the growing intervention of law into psychiatry. Unmatched in breadth and coverage, and thoroughly updated from the first edition, this comprehensive text and reference is an essential resource for psychiatry residents, law students, and practitioners alike. Contents: Psychiatry in Law. Part I: Expert Testimony. Experts in the

Adversary System. Obligations and Responsibilities of Lawyers and Experts. Restrictions on Expert Testimony. Holding the Expert Accountable. Part II: Evidentiary Issues. Testimonial Privilege. Witnesses and the Credibility of Testimony. Propensity and Other Acts Evidence. Syndrome Evidence. The Role of Psychiatric Diagnosis in the Law. Part III: Criminal Cases. Competency to Stand Trial and Other Competencies. Criminal Responsibility. Diminished Capacity. Juvenile Justice. Imposing and Carrying Out of the Death Penalty. Measurement of Evil. Part IV: Sexual Deviation. Sex Offender Legislation. Homosexuality: From Condemnation to Celebration. Part V: Civil Cases. Tort Liability of the Mentally Incompetent and Their Caretakers. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Workers’ Compensation. Duty to Minimize Damages. Child Custody. Contractual Capacity. Testamentary Capacity. Law in Psychiatry. Part I: Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill. Civil Commitment. Failure to Treat and Related Issues. Part II: Psychiatric Malpractice. Malpractice, Nonmedical Negligence, or Breach of Contract? Establishing Malpractice Liability. An Overview of Psychiatric Malpractice. Admission or Apology in Liability Prevention. Breach of Confidentiality. Informed Consent. Contributory Fault of the Patient in a Malpractice Action. The Boundary Violation of Undue Familiarity. Experimentation and Clinical Trials. Suicide. Duty of Therapists to Third Parties. Regulation of the Practice of Psychotherapy. March 2009: 618pp. Hb: 978-0-415-99491-0: £108.00/$195.00


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Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals

Clinical Applications of the Personality Assessment Inventory

in Forensic Settings Edited by Steven F. Bucky, and Joanne E. Callan, both at Alliant International University, San Diego, USA and George Stricker, Argosy University, Washington D.C., USA This unique text focuses on the integration of ethical, legal, and clinical issues for practicing mental health professionals dealing with legal processes in forensic settings. It is organized around the most current ethical and legal standards as defined by the fields of psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, and psychiatry. Respected authorities with diverse backgrounds, expertise, and professional experience offer a far-reaching discussion of ethical and legal issues of importance to all mental health professionals. Contents: Bucky, Introduction. Part I: The Mental Health Professional

and the Legal System: Court Situations. Bersoff, Depositions: Discovery, Procedures, and Practice Pointers. Stein, Personal Injury: Consultation, Evaluation, and the Expert Witness. Thatcher, Preparing for Court Testimony. Part II: Forensic Assessment and Techniques. Wiens, Mueller, How to Complete and Use a Psychological Evaluation in an Ethical Manner. Gold, Evaluating Child Custody Cases: Techniques and Maintaining Objectivity. Lee, Acting as a Special Master in High-Conflict Postdivorce Child Custody Cases. Romanoff, Ethics in Performing Criminal Forensic Evaluations. Part III: Mental Health Professionals and Litigation. Caudill, When a Mental Health Professional is in Litigation. Bogie, Marine, Civil Lawsuits/Malpractice Professional Liability Claims Process and Claims History. Dalenberg, Carlson, Caudill, Ethical and Legal Issues in the Treatment of Patients/Plaintiffs with Recovered Memories of Trauma and Patients/Plaintiffs With “False Memories” of Trauma. Grenier, Golub, American Psychological Association and State Ethics Committees. April 2009: 210pp. Hb: 978-0-7890-3816-6: £47.00/$85.00 Pb: 978-0-7890-3817-3: £16.50/$29.95

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Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System Edited by Daniel W. Phillips III, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, USA

Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System examines a wide range of the latest research and learned perspectives focusing on the intersection of mental health services and the criminal justice system. Top experts and academics provide a broad interdisciplinary view of the subject and present important qualitative and quantitative research on specific topics, such as the effectiveness of prisoner representatives, the causal link between incarceration and mental illness, and the expanding rates of correctional offenders with mental illness. 2008: 320pp. Hb: 978-0-7890-3769-5: £59.50/$95.00 Pb: 978-0-7890-3770-1: £40.50/$65.00

Edited by Mark A. Blais, Mattew R. Baity and Christopher J. Hopwood, all at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA Clinical Applications of the Personality Assessment Inventory covers the various uses of a commonly employed multi-scale self-report inventory of psychological functioning. Leading experts in psychological assessment practice and research describe the uses of this flexible instrument across the settings and applications for which it has been and might be used. Contents: Blais, Baity, Hopwood, Introduction. Kurtz, Outpatient Assessment.

Seifert, Inpatient Assessment. Edens, Forensic Assessment. Calhoun, The Assessment of Veterans. Khadivi, Substance Abuse Settings. Smith, Neuropsychological Assessment. Clark, Medical Settings. Roberts, Personnel Selection. Loving, Parenting Capacity Evaluations. Frank, Personal Injury Evaluations. Rogers, Cross-cultural Applications. Trull, Personality Research. Krishnamurthy, Assessing Adolescents. Case Illustration: PAI Perspectives on a Clinical Case. November 2009: 550pp. Hb: 978-0-415-99323-4: £38.95/$69.95

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Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment Edited by Randy K. Otto, Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa, USA and Kevin Douglas, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada This comprehensive collection of original material serves as a resource for clinicians and researchers alike. Two introductory chapters cover general issues in violence risk assessment, while the remainder of the book offers a comprehensive discussion of specific risk assessment measures. Forensic psychology practitioners, mental health professionals who deal with the criminal justice system, and legal professionals working with violent offenders will find the Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment to be the primary reference for the field. Contents: Overview. Otto, Douglas, The Evolution of Risk Assessment.

Heilbrun, Approaches to Violence Risk Assessment: Overview and Critical Analysis. Edens, Skeem, The Use of Measures of Psychopathy in Violence Risk Assessment. Juvenile Risk Assessment Tools. Levene, Augimeri, EARL-20B, EARL-21G. Borum, SAVRY. Hoge, Andrews, LSI-Youth. Adult Risk Assessment Tools. Rice, Harris, VRAG/SORAG. Douglas, HCR-20. Monahan, COVR. Kropp, SARA. Hart, RSVP. Hanson, Static-99, SONAR, RRASOR. Andrews, Bonta, Simourd, LSI-R, LS/CMI. Wong, VRS/VRS-SO. Summary. Necessary Future Steps in Violence Risk Assessment. September 2009: 448pp. Hb: 978-0-415-96214-8: £50.00/$95.00


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Learning Forensic Assessment Edited by Rebecca Jackson, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, USA 2007: 632pp. Hb: 978-0-8058-5922-5: £81.50/$130.00 Pb: 978-0-8058-5923-2: £40.00/$75.00

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Therapeutic Assessment

leading researchers, as well as chapters on clinical interviewing, test feedback, and integrating test results into a comprehensive report, offer a level of depth and complexity not available in other texts. Contents: Smith, Archer, Introducing Personality Assessment. Maruish, The

Clinical Interview. Ben-Porath, Archer, The MMPI-2 and MMPI-AMMPI. Craig, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III. Morey, Hopwood, The Personality Assessment Inventory. Costa, McCrae, The NEO Inventories. Merrel, Harlacher, Behavior Rating Scales. Meyer, Viglione, An Introduction to Rorschach Assessment. Ackerman, Fowler, Clemence, TAT and Other Performancebased Assessment Techniques. Fischer, Finn, Developing the Life Meaning of Psychological Test Data: Collaborative and Therapeutic Approaches. Blais, Smith, Improving the Integrative Process in Psychological Assessment: Data Organization and Report Writing. 2008: 480pp. Hb: 978-0-8058-6117-4: £84.50/$135.00 Pb: 978-0-8058-6118-1: £39.95/$69.95

Using Psychological Testing to Help Clients Change Stephen Finn, Center for Therapeutic Assessment, Austin, USA Collaborative Assessment, or Therapeutic Assessment, has been a recognized concept in clinical and counseling psychology for twenty years and one that is now rapidly growing in popularity. It is a process by which clients play an active role in assessing their mental health, and in doing so accelerate their well-being. Finn has prepared this very detailed overview for masters and doctoral students in clinical psychology and counseling. He discusses the principles and background of therapeutic assessment, procedures for using it with clients, and special issues that need to be considered. Contents: Introduction. Part I: Paradigm. A Model of Therapeutic Assessment. History and Context of Therapeutic Assessment. Part II: Procedures. The Phone Contact, Observation, and Initial Interview. Early Assessment Sessions. Assessment Intervention Sessions. Summary/Discussion Sessions. Writing Feedback to Clients. Follow-up Sessions. Part III: Special Topics. Adults Referred by Another Professional. Testing One’s Own Clients during Therapy. Involuntary Assessments. Part IV: Conclusion. Concluding Remarks.

November 2009: 448pp. Hb: 978-0-8058-5763-4: £50.00/$90.00

Series: Counseling and Psychotherapy

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2007: 320pp. Hb: 978-0-8058-5764-1: £19.95/$35.95

Series: Counseling and Psychotherapy

Personality Assessment Edited by Robert P. Archer, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, USA and Steven R. Smith, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Designed with graduate-level clinical and counseling psychology programs in mind, Personality Assessment serves as an instructional text for courses in objective or projective personality assessment. It provides coverage of eight of the most popular assessment instruments used in the United States – from authors key in creating, or developing the research base for these test instruments. The uniquely informed perspective of these

The Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents A Practitioner’s Handbook Edited by Steven R. Smith, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA and Leonard Handler, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

This practitioner-friendly text provides guidance for test selection, interpretation, and application. With topics ranging from personality assessment to behavioral assessment to the assessment of depression and thought disorder, the leaders in the field of child and adolescent measurement outline selection and interpretation of measures in a manner that is most relevant to clinicians and graduate students. Each chapter makes use of extensive case material in order to highlight issues of applicability. 2006: 648pp. Hb: 978-0-8058-5791-7: £140.50/$225.00 Pb: 978-0-8058-6075-7: £59.50/$95.00

In Our Clients’ Shoes Theory and Techniques of Therapeutic Assessment

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The Handbook of Forensic Rorschach Assessment Edited by Carl B. Gacono, in private practice, Texas, USA and Barton Evans, George Washington University School of Medicine, USA, with Nancy Kaser-Boyo and Lynne A. Gacono Cover art by Carl B. Gacono

Editors Gacono and Evans underscore the unique contribution the Rorschach makes to forensic practice. All of the chapters include the expertise of a licensed practicing forensic psychologist, and offer a systematic approach to personality assessment in presenting use of the Rorschach in specific forensic contexts. 2007: 648pp. Hb: 978-0-8058-5823-5: £50.00/$79.95

Series: Personality and Clinical Psychology


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