Clinical Psychiatry and the Law

Updates to this edition:

• Clinical and legal issues in the use of clozapine in treatment of schizophrenia
• Clinical information and new cases involving tardive dyskinesia
• Changes in civil and criminal law regarding right to refuse treatment
• An update of clinical guidelines and legal regulations of ECT
• An update on suicide risk assessment and new legal cases involving suicide
• An update on violence risk assessment and new legal cases involving the duty to protect endangered third parties
• New statutes and criminal sanctions regarding sexual misconduct
• New statutes limiting the liability of therapists toward third parties who are injured or killed by patients
• Changes in the relationship between psychiatrists and nonmedical therapists
• Regulatory developments regarding physician impairment
• Numerous tables and an updated glossary of legal terms
• New section on common terms and abbreviations in legal citations