Part 1: Being an Expert
Chapter 1
The Canadian Legal System: Introduction for Psychiatrists
Richard D. Schneider and Hy Bloom
Chapter 2
The Psycholegal Assessment
R. Ian Hector
Chapter 3
The Use of Psychologists and Psychological Testing
Nathan Pollock
Chapter 4
Medico-legal Report Writing
Hy Bloom
Chapter 5
Giving Evidence as an Expert Witness
Alan Gold and Hy Bloom
Chapter 6
Clinician Encounters with the Criminal Justice System
Howard Rubel
Chapter 7
The Psychiatrist and Psychologist as Consultant to Law Enforcement
Alberto Choy and Mini Mamak
Chapter 8
Cross-cultural Issues in Forensic Practice
Smita Vir Tyagi
Part 2: Pre-Trial Issues
Chapter 9
Mental Health Courts and Diversion
Richard D. Schneider
Chapter 10
Mental Illness, Confessions, and Inculpatory Statements
Joseph Carl Ferencz
Chapter 11
Bail and Mentally Disordered Accused: The Expert’s Role
Gary Chaimowitz
Chapter 12
Fitness to Stand Trial
Hy Bloom
Part 3: Criminal Responsibility and Psychiatric Defences
Chapter 13
History of Mens Rea and the Evolution of the Concept of Criminal Responsibility
Richard D. Schneider
Chapter 14
Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder (NCRMD)
Hy Bloom
Chapter 15
Automatism
Julio E. Arboleda-Flórez and Patrick Baillie
Chapter 16
Intoxication and Capacity to Form Intent
Derek Eaves and Richard D. Schneider
Chapter 17
Sleep and Violence — Forensic Implications
Julian Gojer
Chapter 18
Self-Defence, Provocation, Duress, and Necessity
Dominique Bourget
Chapter 19
Malingered Mental Disorder in Criminal Cases
Angus McDonald
Part 4: Aggression, Violence, and Dangerousness
Chapter 20
Biosocial Antecedents to Violence
Morton Menuck and Sumeeta Chatterjee
Chapter 21
Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder
William Komer, Hy Bloom, and Lisa Ramshaw
Chapter 22
Neuropsychiatry and Forensics: FASD, ASD, and ADHD
David Nussbaum, Melanie Dawn Douglass, and Stephanie Daoud
Chapter 23
The Systematic Assessment of Risk for Aggressive and Violent Behaviour against Others
Christopher Webster, Carla R. Dassinger, and Hy Bloom
Chapter 24
Assessing Imminent Risks for Violence and Threats
Hy Bloom and Christopher Webster
Chapter 25
Stalking and Criminal Harassment
Hy Bloom
Chapter 26
Domestic Violence: An Overview for Mental Health Practitioners
Sarah L. Desmarais and Donald Dutton
Chapter 27
Homicide
Hy Bloom
Chapter 28
Dangerous and Long-Term Offenders
John Bradford
Chapter 29
The Psychiatrist’s Contribution to Understanding and Preventing Acts of Terrorism
Wagdy Loza, Hy Bloom, and Mini Mamak
Part 5: Dispositions, Sentencing, and Correctional Psychiatry
Chapter 30
Forensic Mental Health Systems: Weaving the Threads Together
Alexander Simpson
Chapter 31
The Provincial and Territorial Review Boards
Rakesh Lamba
Chapter 32
Sentencing the Mentally Disordered Accused
Richard D. Schneider
Chapter 33
The Psychiatrist’s Role in Correctional Facilities
Neil Conacher and Eric Prost
Chapter 34
The Psychiatrist’s Role in the Management of Patients on Probation or Parole
Scott Theriault
Part 6: Female Offenders
Chapter 35
Female Offenders
Smita Vir Tyagi
Part 7: Behavioural Sexology and Impulse Control Disorders
Chapter 36
Overview of Sex Offenders and the Paraphilias
Howard Barbaree, David Greenberg, and Renée Fugère
Chapter 37
Risk Assessment of Sex Offenders
Howard Barbaree, Calvin M. Langton, Andres Gopnik-Lewinski, and Craig A. Beach
Chapter 38
Impulse Control Disorders and Forensic Psychiatry
R. Kunjukrishnan and A.G. Ahmed
Part 8: Management of Aggression and Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour
Chapter 39
Pharmacological Treatment of Violent Men
Mansfield Mela and Robin Menzies
Chapter 40
Psychosocial Treatment of Violent Men
Nathan Pollock
Chapter 41
Pharmacological Management of Problematic Sexual Behaviours
Robert Dickey
Chapter 42
Psychosocial Approaches to Treatment of Sex Offenders
Howard Barbaree and Laura C. Ball
Part 9: Young Offenders
Chapter 43
Sentencing the Young Person
Louis Morissette and Miriam Bloomenfeld
Chapter 44
Prevention and Treatment of Conduct Disordered Youth
Normand Carrey and Jalal Shamsie
Chapter 45
Adolescent Sex Offenders
Howard Barbaree and R.J. O’Shaughnessy
Part 10: Victimization
Chapter 46
Early Victimization and its Sequelae: Issues in Clinical Practice with Offender Populations
Smita Vir Tyagi
Part 11: Mental Health and Capacity Law
Chapter 47
Privacy and Privilege
Kate Dewhirst and Richard D. Schneider
Chapter 48
Civil Commitment: A Cross Canada Checkup
Daniel L. Ambrosini and Lucie Joncas
Chapter 49
Capacity Assessment: Ontario
Michel Silberfeld
Chapter 50
Minors and Capacity to Consent to Treatment
Nicholas Bala, John S. Leverette, and Emily Bala
Part 12: Civil Liability and Litigation
Chapter 51
Personal Injury Claims — Mental Damages
R.J. O’Shaughnessy and Anne E. Spafford
Chapter 52
Malingered Mental Illness in Compensation Cases
Brian Hoffman and R.J. O’Shaughnessy
Chapter 53
Evaluating Sexual Harassment Claims
Gail Erlick Robinson
Chapter 54
Psychiatric Malpractice
Jenny P. Stephenson
Part 13: Forensic Psychiatry in the Workplace
Chapter 55
Violence in the Workplace
Hy Bloom
Chapter 56
The Psychiatrist’s Role in Disability Claims
Stanley Yaren
Part 14: Child and Family Law
Chapter 57
The Psychiatrist’s Role in Child Protection Proceedings
Harriet MacMillan and R. John Harper
Chapter 58
The Psychiatrist’s Role in Custody and Access Cases
George A. Awad and Peter Sutton
Part 15: Professional Behaviour
Chapter 59
Professional Conduct
Hy Bloom
Part 16: Epilogue
Chapter 60
Law and Psychiatry in the Age of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
H. Archibald Kaiser
