Author: Frank J. Dyer
Publisher: Guilford Press
ISBN: 9781572304741
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Illuminating key procedural matters, legal precedents, and ongoing debates in the field, this book is essential reading for mental health and legal professionals and students."--Jacket.
Author: Philip Michael Stahl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781614389910
Category : Custody of children
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This is the first comprehensive examination of the increasingly important role of forensic psychologists in consulting and expert witness testimony in child custody litigation. Offering practical advice on understanding the psychological dynamics often found in these cases, the authors use real-world examples where critical issues such as the developmental need of children, relocation, domestic violence, and the alienated child are involved. They detail a logical process for critiquing the evaluation reports of others and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of a case.
Author: Eric G. Mart
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470054468
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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All the tips and tools you need to start, grow, and sustain a successful forensic psychology practice Getting Started in Forensic Psychology Practice is the first book of its kind aimed at those mental health professionals and recent graduates interested in entering the growing and lucrative field of forensic psychology. User-friendly and full of helpful tips, this handy guide provides you with tools and techniques for starting a thriving forensic psychology practice, or incorporating a forensic specialty into your current practice. This comprehensive resource includes information on: * The difference between clinical and forensic practice * Advantages and disadvantages of forensic practice * Preparing for forensic psychological practice * Planning a forensic psychology business * How to market your practice * What lawyers look for in forensic psychologists as expert witnesses> * Ethics, professional competence, and risk management issues * Performing evaluations * Testifying in court and depositions In addition, Getting Started in Forensic Psychology Practice also features several helpful appendices that include sample evaluations and reports, as well as detailed discussions of child custody evaluation and assessment. Covering everything from advice on how to dress for court to major concerns such as the problems of insanity defenses, Getting Started in Forensic Psychology Practice puts the best solutions and information at your fingertips. Whether you're a recent graduate or a seasoned practitioner, this invaluable resource will help you minimize the uncertainty of establishing your forensic practice while maximizing the rewards.
Author: PHILIP. STAHL
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781641056960
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Marc J. Ackerman
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Of Related Interest... THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CHILD Theodore H. Blau "...provides a thorough, thoughtful method for examining children....The book is full of examples of useful forms...and expends a fair percentage of total space giving actual sample interactions between a psychologist and a child named Albert who is being evaluated with these materials. This method of presentation is very effective in tying together the entire process. This volume should be useful to students learning about evaluation and professionals looking for ideas." —Psychological Reports "...full of sound sense and mentions all those things that grander volumes tend to overlook." —Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology Based on the author's examination of more than 1,000 children over thirty-five years, this unique book develops a conceptual framework within which to evaluate both normal and disturbed children. Rather than focus on assessment techniques, the author deals with the general considerations of what is important to find out about children and defines a standardized method of assessment, the Basic Psychological Examination. He also devotes extensive coverage to such nuts-and-bolts issues as how to set up an interview group, how to arrange and prepare the setting for the examination, how to prepare a child for testing, and how to confer with parents. 1991 (0-471-63559-6) 279 pp. INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN OF DIVORCE Custody, Access, and Psychotherapy Second Edition William F. Hodges from reviews of the First Edition: "William F. Hodges...has set about the seemingly impossible task of writing a comprehensive text and manual for mental health professionals, lawyers, and judges. That he succeeds so well is a credit to his superb organization and exposition....This book has much to offer forensic psychiatrists and is highly recommended for beginners as well as those advanced in the field." —Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry Law "Anyone working with children of divorce will find Hodges's book useful. The writing is even and the discussion of research literature with implications for clinical intervention should be quite helpful for clinicians." —Choice William Hodges brings his considerable theoretical rigor and clinical acumen to bear, while providing the most comprehensive survey of current literature yet (including more than 600 references—200 of which are new to this edition). Offering a clear, consistent, conceptual understanding of how separation and divorce affects children at different stages of development, this book empowers judges and attorneys with greater depth and scope in their determination of custody and visitation rights as well as the appropriate mediation strategies and the value of clinical interventions. An excellent resource for mental health practitioners, it offers many practical applications of theory and research and proposes therapeutic interventions within the context of parental consultation, school-based intervention, individual therapy with children, and family therapy. 1991 (0-471-52255-4) 400 pp. No one suffers more or has more to lose from a divorce than the children involved. In helping to minimize the potential damage to these young victims, there is no more crucial issue than the awarding of custody. Fortunately, it is now common practice for courts and attorneys to enlist the aid of psychologists to perform expert evaluations of the custody arrangement which would be in the best interest of the child. With many marriages now ending in divorce, the demand for professionals capable of performing this difficult, yet rewarding, service is greater than ever. More and more mental health professionals are entering this branch of forensic psychology, yet to date, there are but a scant few books expressly designed to quickly and thoroughly educate professionals in the full range of skills they need to perform this vitally important service. Comprehensive, authoritative, and very practical, this guide does just that. From getting started in the field, to selecting and administering tests, to conducting interviews and drawing conclusions, to reporting findings and testifying in court, it provides professionals with detailed clinical guidelines for performing evaluations while schooling them in all the legal, ethical, and practical aspects of serving as expert witnesses, mediators, or court appointed psychologists in custody cases. Few writers are as qualified as Dr. Marc Ackerman to author such a work. An acknowledged expert in the field who has conducted more than 1,000 child custody evaluations, Ackerman is also the author of the Ackerman-Schoendorf Scale for Parent Evaluation of Custody (ASPECT), a widely used psychological test which is designed to measure the important variables which impact custody decisions. In this book, he shares the fruits of his considerable experience, offering many invaluable insights and lessons learned through years of trial and error. He also arms readers with sample forms, official guidelines, professional codes, and a wide range of other useful "hardware" indispensable to the forensic psychologist. Offering detailed clinical guidelines to conducting custody evaluations and expert advice from one of the most knowledgeable professionals working in the field today, this book is a valuable resource for all mental health professionals involved with or contemplating becoming involved with child custody evaluations.
Author: Robert L. Kaufman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317977483
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 161
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Forensic Mental Health Professionals have entered the fray of child custody litigation in ways that could not have been predicted even a decade ago. Traditionally engaged as neutral court appointed evaluators or mediators, or as treatment providers for children, parents or families, FMHPs are assuming a range of consulting functions. Services span a wide range, including providing expert testimony on specific content areas; reviewing and critiquing colleague’s work product; providing behind the scenes consultation to attorneys, and even help attorneys manage difficult cases and clients. These more recent services raise questions about sound professional practice. This volume tackles these thorny issues head on, and discusses questions how consultants can work creatively and ethically to make a positive contribution in the challenging world of family law. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Child Custody.
Author: Michael G. Brock
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN: 0398085730
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Contemporary Issues in Family Law and Mental Health is an original and practical discussion of cutting-edge issues in family relations and the law. Through the prism of family law, and custody disputes in particular, it discusses the basic principles that underlie the proper use of mental health evidence in court and it sets out the proper use of mental health evidence in litigation. The first and most important principal is that forensic mental health practice and procedures must track the legal process, not the other way around. The goal of mental health treatment is fundamentally different.
Author: Neil G. Ribner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780787967789
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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The Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology is a comprehensive handbook for mental health professionals working with juveniles in the criminal justice system and in family and dependency courts. Written by a panel of experts in the field, the book focuses on the proactive prevention, accurate evaluation, and progressive treatment for delinquent juveniles and for juveniles caught in the web of a contentious divorce or in the foster care system.
Author: Ralph Slovenko
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135846030
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1241
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Psychiatry in Law/Law in Psychiatry, 2nd Edition, is a sweeping, up-to-date examination of the infiltration of psychiatry into law and the growing intervention of law into psychiatry. Unmatched in breadth and coverage, and thoroughly updated from the first edition, this comprehensive text and reference is an essential resource for psychiatry residents, law students, and practitioners alike.
Author: Ralph Slovenko
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415933636
Category : Forensic psychiatry
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Since c. 1960 the interplay of psychiatry and law has emerged from an elective seminar to a topic of national prominence. In its breadth and coverage, Ralph Slovenko's Psychiatry and Law/Law in Psychiatry provides a critical exposition of the many practices and basic premises of law and psychiatry. It is a complete text for psychiatry residents or law students and an invaluable reference for practicing professionals in each field. New approaches for practitioners are provided as well as material to assist them in preparing and documenting their cases. Psychiatry and Law/Law in Psychiatry is rooted in Dr. Slovenko's previously published work, Psychiatry and Law (Little & Brown 1973), which received the American Psychiatric Association's prestigious Manfred Guttmacher award.
