Autorentext

Gary Chaimowitz is a professor at McMaster University and Head of Service for the Forensic Psychiatry Program at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada.

Mini Mamak is an associate professor at McMaster University and a senior psychologist in the Forensic Psychiatry Program at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada.

Heather Moulden is an associate professor at McMaster University. She is a psychologist in the Forensic Psychiatry Program at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada.

Drew Kingston is the executive clinical director and director of research of the HOPE program. He is a senior scientist at the Royal Ottawa Hospital's Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, Canada, and an adjunct clinical professor at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

Klappentext

Global Perspectives in Forensic Psychiatry: International Approaches to Practice, Policies, and the Law is an essential guide to understanding the international landscape of forensic mental health systems.

This book presents global perspectives in forensic psychiatry and research, highlighting how national contexts and legal frameworks shape mental health care systems across multiple continents. Contributors from over 25 countries describe national approaches to the assessment, treatment, and management of justice-involved individuals with mental disorders. In doing so, the contributors encourage policymakers to draw from both well-established and developing forensic psychiatric systems to inform international discourse, interpret research, and enhance the ongoing evolution of best practice approaches. Key topics include historical and cultural principles, training and quality assurance, and contemporary policies and procedures.

This volume is an essential resource for forensic mental health professionals, clinicians, and researchers. It will inform training, service delivery, and future research on justice-involved individuals with mental disorders.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Inhalt

Part I: North America

1. Canada

Mathieu Dufour and John Bradford

2. Canada: Legal aspects of forensic psychiatry

Hy Bloom and Richard Schneider

3. United States

Monika Pietrzak and Susan Hatters Friedman

Part II: South America

4. Argentina

María José Lescano and Jorge Oscar Folino

5. Brazil

Elias Abdalla-Filho and Lisieux E. de Borba Telles

6. Chile

Claudio Filippi

Part III: Europe

7. England and Wales

Megan Georgiou, Quazi Haque, Patrick Neville, Phil Huckle, and Piyal Sen

8. France

Sébastien Prat and Estébanine Moulia-Pelat

9. Germany

Birgit Völlm

10. Ireland

Henry Kennedy

11. Lithuania

Ilona Laurinaityt , Vaiva Martinkien , and Ar nas Germanavi ius

12. Netherlands

13. Norway

Terje Tørrissen

14. Poland

Inga Markiewicz

15. Portugal

Márcia Mota, Maria João Peixoto, and Ricardo Barroso

16. Scotland

Lindsay Thomson and Caroline Kelly

17. Spain

Vicenç Tort-Herrando and Carles Martín-Fumadó

Part IV: Middle East

18. Israel

Assaf Shelef, Shmuel Hess, Nathan Kaspi, Michal Shayit and Naama Barkai

19. Kuwait

Abdulmohsen Al-Humoud

20. Oman

Badar Ali Nasser Al Habsi

21. Türkiye

Yasin Hasan Balc ölu and Fatih Öncü

Part V: Asia

22. China

Xiaoping Wang

23. India

Rakesh K. Chadda and Sanjiv Gulati

24. Japan

Akiko Kikuchi, Junko Koike, Miki Hirano, and Chiyo Fujii

25. Pakistan

Tariq Hassan

Part VI: Africa

26. South Africa

Nyameka Dyakalashe

27. Tanzania

Enock Eteregho Changarawe

28. Uganda

Irene Kizito Apio, Mark Mohan Kaggwa, and Julius Muron

Part VII: Oceania

29. Aotearoa New Zealand

Jacqueline Short and Jennifer Falce

Part VIII: Analysis

30. The future of research in forensic psychiatry

Harry G. Kennedy and Mary Davoren