Forensic Psychiatry

Author: Yuan Shangxian
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: Forensic Psychiatry is a specialized work in China that discusses mental injury and mental disability, reflecting recent research progress in this field both domestically and internationally. Its content is systematic and novel, covering a wide range of information from related disciplines. It emphasizes both theoretical knowledge and practical assessment, with well-organized sections. The assessment of mental injury or disability often involves knowledge from multiple disciplines, including neuroanatomy, neuropathology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, and clinical psychology. This work comprehensively explores the etiology of mental injury and disability, post-injury neuro syndromes, post-injury brain structure, functional imaging, and electrodiagnostic techniques. Additionally, it provides an in-depth yet accessible introduction to the history-taking, examination methods, and analysis of clinical data and information for such cases, as well as how to write assessment reports. The publication of this specialized work is not only highly beneficial for forensic psychiatry assessment physicians but also serves as a valuable reference for psychiatrists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, rehabilitation specialists, clinical forensic physicians, and law enforcement officers involved in mental injury litigation.