Clinical Psychiatry and the LawAmerican Psychiatric Pub, 1. 7. 2003 - Počet stran: 688 Updates to this edition: * Clinical and legal issues in the use of clozapine in treatment of schizophrenia* Clinical information and new cases involving tardive dyskinesia* Changes in civil and criminal law regarding right to refuse treatment* An update of clinical guidelines and legal regulations of ECT* An update on suicide risk assessment and new legal cases involving suicide* An update on violence risk assessment and new legal cases involving the duty to protect endangered third parties* New statutes and criminal sanctions regarding sexual misconduct * New statutes limiting the liability of therapists toward third parties who are injured or killed by patients* Changes in the relationship between psychiatrists and nonmedical therapists* Regulatory developments regarding physician impairment* Numerous tables and an updated glossary of legal terms* New section on common terms and abbreviations in legal citations |
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Creation of the PsychiatristPatient Relationship | 3 |
The Psychiatrist as a Fiduciary Avoiding the Double Agent Role | 21 |
The Unduly Defensive Psychiatrist and the Provision of Substandard Care | 37 |
Confidentiality in Clinical Practice | 51 |
Protecting the Confidentiality of the Clinical Record A LifeandDeath Matter | 79 |
The Right to Refuse Treatment and the Therapeutic Alliance | 95 |
Informed Consent Maintaining a Clinical Perspective | 121 |
Involuntary Hospitalization Patient Rights and Professional Duties | 155 |
Undue Familiarity The Sexual Misconduct of Psychotherapists | 403 |
Abandonment and the Psychiatrists Duty of Care to the Patient | 457 |
Radical Therapies and Intentional Torts | 475 |
The Legal Consequences of Outrageous Behavior Toward Patients | 487 |
The Psychiatrists Professional Relationship With Nonmedical Therapists | 499 |
Defamation in Clinical Practice | 513 |
The Impaired Psychiatrist | 523 |
The Psychiatrist Must Survive Understanding and Coping With Malpractice Litigation | 541 |
Drug Therapy and the Varieties of Legal Liability | 183 |
Tardive Dyskinesia Reducing Legal Liability Through RiskBenefit Analysis | 211 |
Electroconvulsive Therapy and the Acutely Psychotic Nonconsenting Patient | 237 |
Clinical Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient | 259 |
Clinical Approaches to the Duty to Warn and Protect Endangered Third Persons | 297 |
Preventing the Premature Release of Dangerous Patients | 345 |
Restraint Seclusion and the LeastRestrictive Alternative | 371 |
Negligent Psychotherapy Maintaining Treatment Boundaries With the Borderline Patient | 385 |
We Are Belegaled | 571 |
The Principles of Medical Ethics With Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry | 575 |
Sample Forms | 595 |
Glossary of Legal Terms | 619 |
Common Abbreviations and Terms Used in Legal Citations | 625 |
Table of Cases | 629 |
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