Violence and Mental Disorder

A Critical Aid to the Assessment and Management of Risk

AvStephen Blumenthal

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

Violence and Mental Disorder takes the debate about violence into new territory by increasing our understanding of the wide range of factors associated with the commission of violence. This comprehensive and critical review of the literature is intended for a broad audience, including clinicians, researchers and policy makers working in this complex area. It is a much-needed resource for mental health professionals whose day-to-day work involves assessing and managing those thought to be at risk of engaging in acts of violence.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-07-23
Mått:159 x 234 x 10 mm
Vikt:296 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Forensic Focus
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN:9781843100355

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Stephen Blumenthal is a clinical psychologist in forensic services at the Bracton Centre, Bexley Hospital, a medium secure unit in Kent. Tony Lavender is a clinical psychologist. He is Director of the Centre for Applied Social and Psychological Development at Salomons, a faculty of Canterbury Christ Church University College, Kent.The Zito Trust is an independent registered charity which has been campaigning for reform to mental health policy and law since the death of Jonathan Zito in December 1992.

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Blumenthal and Lavender have brought together a mass of hitherto disparate evidence, which provides a useful starting point for mental health professionals, and students of psychology and psychiatry, trying to understand the links between violence and mental disorder.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword. 1. Definitions and Context of the Review. 2. Evidence for a Relationship: Prevalence. 3. Factors Predictive of Violence. 4. Clinical Psychological and Developmental Aspects of Risk. 5. Prediction Instruments. 6. Evaluation. 7. Conclusions: Implications for Policy, Practice and Future Research. Glossary. References. Index.