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    Adult psychiatry in family and child law / B. Mahendra.

    • Title:Adult psychiatry in family and child law / B. Mahendra.
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    • Author/Creator:Mahendra, B. (Bala), 1950-
    • Published/Created:Bristol : Jordan, ©2006.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Forensic psychiatry.
      Evidence, Expert.
      Offenders with mental disabilities.
      Domestic relations.
      Mental illness.
    • Description:xxiii, 190 p. ; 25 cm.
    • Notes:Includes index.
    • ISBN:1846610257 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Ch. 1. psychiatric expert in family and child law
      Ch. 2. Psychiatric disorders and their classification
      Ch. 3. psychiatric examination
      Ch. 4. Consent, confidentiality, capacity and the Mental Health Act 1983
      Ch. 5. Organic mental disorders
      Ch. 6. psychotic disorders
      Ch. 7. Disorders of mood
      Ch. 8. neuroses
      Ch. 9. Disorders of dependence and appetite
      Ch. 10. Disorders of personality and psychopathy
      Ch. 11. Learning disabilities and developmental disorders
      Ch. 12. Special situations and unusual disorders
      Ch. 13. Violent behaviour and risk assessment
      App. A. Specimen instructions
      App. B. Handbook of best practice in Children Act cases (section 5 - experts and the courts)
      App. C. Protocol for judicial case management in Public Law Children Act cases (code of guidance for expert witnesses in family proceedings).
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