Psychiatry and the law / Patricia Casey, Ciaran Craven.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One Introduction to Psychiatry Chapter 1; The Origins of Psychiatry The Practice of Psychiatry Begins The Rights if the Mentally Ill are Recognised Specialisation of Psychiatry The Delineation of Specific Disorders Psychiatry as a Profession Organisation of Services Community Psychiatry Psychology and Psychiatry Training in Clinical Psychology Friction Conclusion Chapter 2: The Scientific Basis of Psychiatry What is Disease? Disease is what Doctors Treat Disease is a Lesion Disease is a Plan of Action Disease is a Statistical Abnormality Disease is a Biological Disadvantage The Contribution of Psychology to Understanding Psychiatric Disorder Behaviour Psychology Developmental Psychology Cognitive Psychology The Contribution of Sociology to Understanding Psychiatric Disorder The Contribution of the Biological Sciences to Understanding Psychiatric Disorders Neurochemistry and Genetics Radiology Electro-diagnostic Techniques The Diagnostic Process Validity of Psychiatric Disorders Reliability of Diagnosis Clinical Aspects of Diagnosis The Psychiatric Interview Hierarchy Psychological Assessment Proving Causation Summary Chapter 3: Classification of Disorders General A Simple Classification Developing a Modern Classification The Multi-Axial System of Classification Current Classification in Practice Differences in Approach Differences between the Old and New Classifications Implications Chapter 4: Biological and Psychological Investigations Biological Investigations Haematological Investigations Urinalysis Electrocardiography Electroencephalography Radiological Tests Psychological Testing Cognitive Function Other Psychological Tests Summary Chapter 5; Memory Assessing the Veracity of Statements Types of Memory False Allegations Recovered Memories What is Repression? Corroboration of Memories Multiple Personality Disorder and Recovered Memories Memory and the Court Summary Part Two: Compensation for Psychiatric Disorders. Chapter 6; Emotional Disorders Following Personal Injury Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Miller s View Does PTSD Exist? The Biological Basis of PTSD Clinical Features of PTSD Treatment of PTSD Follow-Up Studies Other Disorders Phobias Generalised Anxiety Panic Disorder Somatic Presentation of Psychiatric Illness Malingering Factitious Disorder Hysteria Somatoform Disorder Depressive Illness Prevalence Chemical Basis for Depressive Illness Predisposing Factors Precipitating Factors Abnormal Grief Reactions Psychotic Disorders Personality Change Head Injury Deficits Associated with Specific Sites of Head Injury Suicide Vulnerable groups Trends Over Time Parasuicide Suicide Risk Assessment Prediction of Suicide Antidepressants and Suicide Summary Chapter 7; Victims of Disaster and Crime Background Epidemiology Vulnerability and Risk Factors Does the Nature of the Trauma Affect the Manifestations of the Disorder? General Features Victims of Violent Crime Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Long Term Effects Physical Abuse in the Family War-Related Trauma and Concentration Camp Survivors Other Traumas Prevention, Treatment and Outcome Summary Chapter 8: Negligent Infliction of Emotional Suffering Introduction Non-Physical Injury Associated with Physical Injury Non-Physical Injury without Physical Injury The Categories Non-Physical Injury Sustained by a Person within the zone of Physical Danger Non-Physical Injury Sustained by a Person Not within the Zone of Physical Danger Bystanders Need Not Apply Part Three: Matrimonial Remedies Chapter 9: Personality Disorders and Civil Annulment Definition Problems and Controversies Categories of Personality Disorders Antisocial Personality Disorder Anankastic or Obsessional Personality Disorder Anxious or Avoidant Personal Disorder Histrionic or Hysterical Personality Disorder Dependent Personality Disorder Impulsive or Borderline Personality Disorder Schizoid Personality Disorder Paranoid Personality Disorder Schizotypal Personality Disorder Narcissistic Personality Disorder Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder Causation of Personality Disorders Is there a Genetic Basis for Personality Disorder? What are the Environmental Influences Leading to Personality Disorder? The Clinical Assessment of Personality Methods Problems Psychometric Assessment of Personality Methods Problems Schedules in Common Use How Does Personality Disorder lead to Nullity? Treatment Summary Chapter 10:Other Disorders and Civil Annulment Alcohol Misuse and Dependence Prevalence Psychological Complications Treatment Other Drugs of Abuse/Dependence Drugs of Dependence Drugs of Abuse Psychotic Disorders Manic-depressive Illness Schizophrenia Sexual Dysfuction Prevalence Homosexuality Gender Roles Disorders Transsexualism Transvestism Paraphilias Summary Chapter 11: Nullity of Marriage Introduction Grounds for Invalidity Void or Voidable Marriage The Canon Law and Historical Context Civil Nullity Jurisdiction Grounds for Nullity Capacity for Marriage Psychiatric Disorder at the Time of the Marital Ceremony Intoxication Capacity to Enter into and Sustain a Normal Marital Relationship Sexual Dysfunction Proof What Proof? Part Four: Disposing Capacity Chapter 12: Organic Disorders Affecting Testamentary Capacity Causes of Organic Brain Disease Pre-Senile dementia Alcohol-induces Brain Disease Pick s Disease Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease Huntington s Disease Senile Dementia Multi-infarct Dementia Other Forms of Senile Dementia Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Lewd Body Disease Head Injury Summary Chapter 13: Other Disorders Affecting Testamentary Capacity Schizophrenia Paranoid Psychosis Personality Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Different Diagnosis Mental Retardation Practical Considerations Psychiatric Illness and Mental Retardation Summary Chapter 14: Testamentary Capacity Introduction Testamentary Capacity Time What Constitutes a Sound Disposing Mind in Law? What Effect does a Partial Delusion Have on the Validity of a Will? What is the Effect of a Lucid Interval on a Period of Incompetence on Testamentary Capacity? Proof of Testamentary Capacity Presumption of Sound Disposing Mind Evidential Burden of Proof Part Five: Criminal Responsibility Chapter 15; Psychiatric Disorders and Crimes Schizophrenia Aetiology Mechanism of Schizophrenia Categories of Schizophrenia Symptoms of Schizophrenia Treatment Do Major Tranquillisers have Side Effects? What About Psychotherapy Prognosis Schizophrenia and the Law Syndromes Related to Schizophrenia Persistent Delusional Disorders Paranoid Psychosis Folie a Deux or Symbolotic Psychosis Schizotypal Disorder Schizo-Affective Psychosis Drug Induced Psychosis Mania Epidemiology Aetiology Mechanism of Affective Disorders Symptoms Treatment Prognosis Mania and the Law Depressive Illness Depressive Illness and Suicide Pacts Other Psychiatric Disorders and Criminal Law Depressive Illness and Shoplifting Other Disorders and Shoplifting Dementia Other Offences Sexual Offences General Theories of Causation Assessment of Sexual Offenders Treatment Prognosis Other Sexual Offences Exhibitionism Voyeurism Fetishism Summary Chapter 16: Insanity Introduction M Naghten s Rules What is the Scope of the Rules in the Law on Criminal Insanity ? What does the Law on Criminal Insanity Seek to Achieve? General Principles The Special Verdict Defect of Reason Disease of the Mind Automatism Cerebral Ischaemia Cerebral Tumour Epilepsy The Diabetic Cases Alcohol Somnambulism Dissociative States Proof Standard of Proof What Proof? Nature of the Verdict Disposition of the Accused Diminished Responsibility Chapter 17: Fitness to Plead Introduction What Amounts to a Finding that an Accused is Unfit to Plead in Law? Trial of the Issue of Fitness to Plead Proof Standard of Proof What Proof? Disposition of the Accused Suggested Reform in the White Paper on a New Mental Health Act Unfitness to plead in a Court of Summary Jurisdiction General District Court Magistrates Court Part Six; Control of the Psychiatrically Disordered Chapter 18: Civil Committal Voluntary Patients Application Reception and Treatment Discharge Temporary Patients Application Examination The Making of the Order The Conveyance to Hospital Reception and Detention Extension of Detention Persons of Unsound Mind Application Examination Special Applications The Recommendation The Conveyance to Hospital Reception and Detention Refusal to Order Reception and Detention Defects in the Recommendation or Reception Order Treatments and Management of Patients in Psychiatric Hospitals General Transfer to Another Psychiatric Facility Maintained by the Same Authority Transfer to Another Psychiatric Facility Maintained by Another Authority Transfer to Central Mental Hospital Transfer to Another Facility for Special Treatment Discharge of Patients Management of Mentally Disordered Offenders Remand for Further Examination Remand for Trial Sentenced to Imprisonment Chapter 19: Consent to Treatment and Research Consent and Psychiatric Disorder The Constitutional Dimension The Common Law Dimension Research Statutory Control of Clinical Research in Ireland Chapter 20: Confidentiality In the Private Interest When Necessary to Protect the Interests of the Patient In the Public Interest On Foot of an Order for Discovery When Necessary to Protect the Welfare of Society When Necessary to Safeguard the Welfare of Another Individual or Patient/