Researchers in psychiatry and related fields address child custody, child abuse, youth violence, juvenile offenders, and legal issues. Some of the case studies are fictional, some composite, and some actual cases. The anthology is intended to be of use to practitioners in forensic medicine and law, and can be used as a basic textbook or study guide for board certification in forensic psychiatry. It replaces Schetky and Benedek's Clinical Handbook of Child Psychiatry and the Law . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author

Elissa P. Benedek, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Diane H. Schetky, M.D., is in the private practice of forensic psychiatry in Rockport, Maine. She is also Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.

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