Law and Mental Health: A Case-Based Approach by Robert G. Meyer,Christopher M. Weaver

By Robert G. Meyer,Christopher M. Weaver

This quantity offers vintage and modern felony situations that experience set very important precedents relating to mental and psychological well-being matters in legal and civil lawsuits; the function of practitioners as professional witnesses and forensic specialists; and criminal issues more often than not medical perform. Engagingly written, the e-book brings to lifestyles the main points of every case and the non-public tales concerned, whereas additionally offering a high-quality creation to foundational matters within the box. Forensic and scientific execs will locate this a hugely informative source, and it'll even be precious for undergraduate- and graduate-level classes training.

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