Book contents
- Seminars in Forensic Psychiatry
- College Seminars Series
- Seminars in Forensic Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1Violence and Mental Disorder
- Chapter 2Violence and Mental Disorder
- Chapter 3Outcomes from the Key Inquiries and the Evolution of Modern Forensic Psychiatry
- Chapter 4Prison Psychiatry
- Chapter 5Legal Issues and Expertise in Forensic Psychiatry
- Chapter 6Expertise, Structured Professional Judgement and Risk Assessment
- Chapter 7Models of Care in Forensic Psychiatry
- Chapter 8Psychopharmacology of Chronic Aggression and Violence in Forensic Settings
- Chapter 9Ward Milieu and the Management of In-Patient Violence
- Chapter 10Community Forensic Psychiatry Including Liaison with Health, Criminal Justice and Public Protection Agencies
- Chapter 11Assessment of Personality Disorder, Psychopathy and Associated Offending Behaviour
- Chapter 12Stalking and Threats to Harm and Kill
- Chapter 13Sexual Offending
- Chapter 14Terrorism-Related Assessments
- Chapter 15Forensic Psychotherapy and Psychological Therapies in Forensic Mental Health Settings
- Chapter 16Forensic Aspects of Medical Negligence
- Chapter 17Child and Adolescent Forensic Mental Health Services
- Chapter 18Women’s Services in Forensic Psychiatry
- Chapter 19Forensic Psychiatry and Intellectual Disability
- Chapter 20Cultural Service Delivery in Forensic Mental Health Services
- Chapter 21Tackling Ethnic Inequality in Forensic Mental Healthcare
- Chapter 22Academic Forensic Psychiatry
- Chapter 23The No-Nonsense Guides
- Index
- References
Chapter 1 - Violence and Mental Disorder
The Evidence
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 June 2024
Book contents
- Seminars in Forensic Psychiatry
- College Seminars Series
- Seminars in Forensic Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1Violence and Mental Disorder
- Chapter 2Violence and Mental Disorder
- Chapter 3Outcomes from the Key Inquiries and the Evolution of Modern Forensic Psychiatry
- Chapter 4Prison Psychiatry
- Chapter 5Legal Issues and Expertise in Forensic Psychiatry
- Chapter 6Expertise, Structured Professional Judgement and Risk Assessment
- Chapter 7Models of Care in Forensic Psychiatry
- Chapter 8Psychopharmacology of Chronic Aggression and Violence in Forensic Settings
- Chapter 9Ward Milieu and the Management of In-Patient Violence
- Chapter 10Community Forensic Psychiatry Including Liaison with Health, Criminal Justice and Public Protection Agencies
- Chapter 11Assessment of Personality Disorder, Psychopathy and Associated Offending Behaviour
- Chapter 12Stalking and Threats to Harm and Kill
- Chapter 13Sexual Offending
- Chapter 14Terrorism-Related Assessments
- Chapter 15Forensic Psychotherapy and Psychological Therapies in Forensic Mental Health Settings
- Chapter 16Forensic Aspects of Medical Negligence
- Chapter 17Child and Adolescent Forensic Mental Health Services
- Chapter 18Women’s Services in Forensic Psychiatry
- Chapter 19Forensic Psychiatry and Intellectual Disability
- Chapter 20Cultural Service Delivery in Forensic Mental Health Services
- Chapter 21Tackling Ethnic Inequality in Forensic Mental Healthcare
- Chapter 22Academic Forensic Psychiatry
- Chapter 23The No-Nonsense Guides
- Index
- References
Summary
The aims of this chapter are firstly to help trainees refine forensic assessments of offender patients so they can give advice to courts in determining an offender’s legal responsibility for a criminal act. Secondly, the chapter aims to help illuminate the motivation for violent offending and the pathways to violence. This is not only necessary for giving expert evidence in courts but is also essential in choosing the treatment that should be offered to a patient and the level of security required in which to deliver treatment. In some cases it may be relevant to the likelihood of a successful response to treatment. Thirdly, associations between criminal behaviour and mental disorder may be highly important in the assessment of risk of future offending. Finally, and most importantly, a good forensic assessment should concentrate on the future management and prevention of further violence. Although forensic psychiatrists should be experts in the assessment of violence among people with mental disorder, it is essential to develop expertise with those who have no evidence of mental disorder. Paradoxically, these cases are often the most challenging to understand and evaluate.
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