Forensic Psychiatry Books

New and Published Books

1. Writing to Clients and Referring Professionals about Psychological Assessment Results

   A Handbook of Style and Grammar

   By J. B. Allyn

   This book is the first on the craft of effective writing structured expressly for the psychologist-assessor. Author J. B. Allyn, a professional writer who specializes in psychology, combines reference book with tutorial. She blends information on the qualities that create a writer’s unique presence...

   Published January 9th 2012 by Routledge
2. Dangerous People

   Policy, Prediction, and Practice

   Edited by Bernadette McSherry, Patrick Keyzer

   Series: International Perspectives on Forensic Mental Health

   Experienced legal academics and mental health professionals explore the current approaches to “dangerousness” and preventive detention. The defining characteristics of those deemed dangerous by society vary according to culture, place, and time, and the contributors to this text have gathered to...

   Published July 5th 2011 by Routledge
3. Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2

   A Positive Psychology Approach

   By Richard W. Levak, Liza Siegel, David S. Nichols

   Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2 provides the clinician with empirically-based, practical information about how to convey the abundance of information in the MMPI-2 profile in a way that is collaborative, empathic, hopeful, and facilitates a therapeutic alliance. Readers will find this book to...

   Published March 13th 2011 by Routledge
4. Scientific Foundations of Clinical Assessment

   By Stephen N. Haynes, Gregory T. Smith, John D. Hunsley

   Series: Foundations of Clinical Science and Practice

   Scientific Foundations of Clinical Assessment is a user-friendly overview of the most important principles and concepts of clinical assessment. It provides readers with a science-based framework for interpreting assessment research and making good assessment decisions, such as selecting the best...

   Published March 7th 2011 by Routledge
5. Psychological Therapy in Prisons and Other Settings

   Edited by Joel Harvey, Kirsty Smedley

   This book examines a range of therapeutic approaches used in prisons and other secure settings and explores the challenges in such work. The approaches include Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive-Analytic Therapy (CAT), Attachment-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Systemic...

   Published December 12th 2010 by Willan
6. Forensic Psychology

   Concepts, Debates and Practice, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Joanna Adler, Jacqueline Gray

   This book brings together academics, practitioners and experts in the field of forensic psychology to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and push its parameters. Its aim is to go beyond introductory texts to challenge perceptions, to raise questions for research and to pose problems for...

   Published July 11th 2010 by Willan
7. Offenders, Deviants or Patients? Fourth Edition

   Explorations in Clinical Criminology

   By Herschel Prins

   Offenders, Deviants or Patients? provides a practical approach to understanding both the social context and treatment of mentally disordered offenders. Taking into account the current public concern, often heightened by media sensationalism, it addresses issues such as sex offending, homicide and...

   Published June 23rd 2010 by Routledge
8. Forensic Psychology in Context

   Nordic and International Approaches

   Edited by P.A. Granhag

   Academics and researchers from the Nordic countries (Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Finland) have made a particularly strong contribution internationally to the rapidly developing disciplines of forensic and legal psychology. This book brings together the leading authorities in the field to look...

   Published May 31st 2010 by Willan
9. Treating Personality Disorder

   Creating Robust Services for People with Complex Mental Health Needs

   Edited by Naomi Murphy, Des McVey

   This book considers personality disorders and how they are treated within the institutional context of prisons and hospitals and offers practical guidance on assessment, formulation and integrated treatment planning. Treating Personality Disorder offers contributions from professionals in...

   Published May 13th 2010 by Routledge
10. Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment

    Edited by Randy K. Otto, Kevin S. Douglas

    Series: International Perspectives on Forensic Mental Health

    This comprehensive Handbook of original chapters serves as a resource for clinicians and researchers alike. Two introductory chapters cover general issues in violence risk assessment, while the remainder of the book offers a comprehensive discussion of specific risk...

    Published October 27th 2009 by Routledge