Faulk's Basic Forensic Psychiatry

After the second edition was published (in 1994), a number of changes have taken place, including changes in the law, advances in treatment, and changes in the management of prisons and special hospitals.

The book remains essential reading for doctors taking the Membership examination of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, but also will be of interest to general psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, lawyers, probation officers and criminologists. The subject is set out clearly, logically and expertly and arranged for quick reference.

Forensic psychiatric services

Legal aspects: The courts and their sentences

Legal aspects: Appeals and protection

Criminological facts and theories

Offences against property and forensic psychiatry; Offences against the person and forensic psychiatry

Mental illness and forensic psychiatry: The functional psychoses and neuroses

Mental illness and forensic psychiatry: Organic brain syndromes

Psychopathic disorder and forensic psychiatry

Mental retardation and forensic psychiatry

Sexual disorders and forensic psychiatry

Women and juvenile offenders

Dangerousness

Writing a report

Ethics and forensic psychiatry

Management of patients within secure psychiatric institutions

Civil courts and forensic psychiatry

This latest edition can safely be recommended to all pre-membership trainees and to any members of a forensic multi-disciplinary team. Consultants in all psychiatric specialities will also find it a useful quick guide.
British Journal of Psychiatry

All in all, a very useful book for a practicing forensic psychiatrist and can be heartily recommended.
International Journal of Forensic Medicine

J. H. Stone and M. Roberts are the authors of Faulk's Basic Forensic Psychiatry, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley. Since the second edition was published in 1994, a number of changes have taken place, including changes in the law, advances in treatment and changes in the management of prisons and special hospitals.

The book remains essential reading for doctors taking the Membership examination of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, but will also be of interest to general psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, lawyers, probation officers and criminologists. The subject is set out clearly, logically and expertly and arranged for quick reference.