{"product_id":"9780128028865","title":"Forensic Psychiatry: A Lawyer's Guide","description":"Lawyers frequently encounter clients and\/or cases of bizarre behavior, mental illness, substance abuse, psychopathy, sexual offenses, learning disorders, birth defects, and other behavioral and emotional issues. Often they are ill-prepared to understand the nature of the psychiatric report, how the psychiatric assessment was structured, and how to best utilize and challenge these reports in court.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForensic Psychiatry: A Lawyer’s Guide\u003c\/i\u003e provides legal professionals the tools to identify mentally ill clients and help them navigate through the psychiatric information and language in reports and testimony. Topics include why a forensic psychiatrist is necessary, applications of psychiatry to law, various psychiatric disorders, and utilizing the expert witness.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA user-friendly roadmap to psychiatry for the non-psychiatrist—covers why you need a forensic psychiatrist and the applications of psychiatry to law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides coverage of the mental status examination, common psychiatric diagnoses, treatable disorders versus brain damage, medical problems masquerading as mental illness, and much more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes a full glossary of psychiatric terms as an additional easy reference guide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Elsevier Science","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106318401776,"sku":"9780128028865","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780128028865_p0.jpg?v=1763640208","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780128028865","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}