Treatment of Offenders With Mental Disorders,9781572305526

Treatment of Offenders With Mental Disorders

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ISBN13: 9781572305526
ISBN10: 1572305525
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-02-15
Publisher(s): The Guilford Press
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Summary

This volume presents current treatment approaches for offenders with mental disorders in a variety of settings. After reviewing administrative and legal issues in the provision of care, the volume addresses therapeutic work with inpatients, outpatients, and incarcerated persons. Separate chapters cover special issues in treatment of sexual offenders, offenders with mental retardation, and juvenile offenders. Throughout, the approaches featured are interdisciplinary and eclectic, incorporating biological and psychological perspectives.

Author Biography

Robert M. Wettstein, MD, is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He was formerly the Editor of Behavioral Sciences and the Law and has published widely in the area of mental health and the law.

Table of Contents

Administration of Treatment Programs for Offenders with Mental Disorders
1(43)
Joel A. Dvoskin
Raymond F. Patterson
Legal Aspects of the Treatment of Offenders with Mental Disorders
44(82)
Thomas L. Hafemeister
Inpatient Treatment of Offenders with Mental Disorders
126(42)
Gary J. Maier
Louis Fulton
Community-Based Forensic Treatment
168(43)
Kirk Heilbrun
Patricia A. Griffin
Treatment in Jails and Prisons
211(54)
Jeffrey L. Metzner
Fred Cohen
Linda S. Grossman
Robert M. Wettstein
Treatment of the Sexual Offender
265(64)
Howard E. Barbaree
William L. Marshall
Treatment of Offenders with Mental Retardation
329(36)
William I. Gardner
Janice L. Graeber
Susan J. Machkovitz
Treatment of the Juvenile Offender
365(64)
Donald F. Gordon
Jack Arbuthnot
Gregory Jurkovic
Index 429

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