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Part I: Introduction To Forensic Psychiatry. The Expert Witness -- Introduction To The Legal System -- Ethics In Forensic Psychiatry -- Forensic Evaluations And Reports -- Psychological Testing In Forensic Psychiatry -- Evaluation Of Malingering -- Neuroimaging And Forensic Psychiatry -- Part Ii: Legal Regulation Of Psychiatry. Physician-patient Relationship In Psychiatry -- Legal Regulation Of Psychiatric Treatment -- Civil Commitment -- Confidentiality In Psychiatric Practice -- Part Iii: Civil Issues And Litigation. Professional Liability In Psychiatric Practice -- Competencies In Civil Law -- Personal Injury -- Psychiatric Evaluation In Discrimination And Harassment Claims -- Fitness For Duty, Impaired Professionals, And Public Safety -- Psychiatric Disability -- Part Iv: Criminal Justice. Evaluation Of Competencies In The Criminal Justice System -- Evaluation Of Criminal Responsibility -- Psychiatry And The Death Penalty -- Part V: Correctional Psychiatry And Sex Offenders. Correctional Settings And Prisoner Rights -- Psychiatric Treatment In Correctional Settings -- Forensic Assessment Of Sex Offenders -- Part Vi: Children And Families. Forensic Evaluations Of Children And Adolescents -- Evaluations Of Juveniles In Civil Law -- Evaluations Of Juveniles In The Criminal Justice System -- Part Vii: Special Issues In Forensic Psychiatry. Suicide Risk Assessment -- Violence Risk Assessment -- Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry -- Forensic Psychiatry And Law Enforcement -- Military Forensic Psychiatry -- The Internet And Telepsychiatry -- Research In Forensic Psychiatry. Edited By Liza H. Gold, Richard L. Frierson. Preceded By: American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook Of Forensic Psychiatry / Edited By Robert I. Simon, Liza H. Gold. 2nd Ed. 2010. Includes Bibliographical References.