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The Psychiatry of Violence

The Psychiatry of Violence A Guide for Lawyers

Author: B Mahendra
Publisher: Family Law LexisNexis
ISBN: 9781846611711
Published In: March 2009
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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An invaluable guide for legal practitioners involved in criminal law and family/child law and also other professionals who work within situations where they are called upon to evaluate the risks of violent behaviour.

The primary purpose of this book is to set violent behaviour not only against a background of mental disorder but also in relation to the social, cultural and personal pressures which can impinge on an individual who goes on to perpetrate violence. There is undoubtedly a public preoccupation with violence in all its manifestations. However, there is considerable misunderstanding of the psychiatric aspects of violent and aggressive behaviour. First, the perception of violence perpetrated by the mentally disordered is often a mistaken one. In fact, there are relatively few incidents of violent behaviour due to those suffering from mental disorder, although much publicity attends any act of violence that is derived from these patients. Secondly, even where the mentally disordered patient is the perpetrator of violence, the mental disorder, per se, is not usually the only causative factor. Mentally disordered patients, like everyone else, are subject to the forces of society, culture and personality and this fact must be appreciated if a clear understanding is to be achieved of the psychiatry of violence.

The Psychiatry of Violence: A Guide for Lawyers is an invaluable guide for legal practitioners involved in criminal law and family/child law and also other professionals who work within situations where they are called upon to evaluate the risks of violent behaviour (eg social workers, children's guardians, probation officers, community workers/counsellors dealing with both offenders and victims, and those involved in making policy).

General

An Introduction to Violent Behaviour and its Roots

The psychiatric disorders

Introduction - Violence in relation to Mental Disorder
Organic Mental Disorders
The Psychotic Disorders
Disorders of Mood
The Neuroses
Disorders of Dependence and Appetite
Disorders of Personality and Psychopathy
Learning Disabilities and Developmental Disorders
Special Situations and Unusual Disorders Involving Psychiatric Violence

Violence - some special situations

Domestic Violence
Serial and Sexual Violence
Public and Political Violence

Appendices

The Psychiatric Examination in Cases of Violent Behaviour
Domestic Violence: A National Report (March 2005)

B Mahendra, Consultant Psychiatrist and Barrister, London

"an invaluable guide for lawyers, particularly those dealing with public law children proceedings, but also to social workers, Children's Guardians and other professionals working in the area"
ALC