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A Lawyer's Guide to Understanding Psychiatry focuses on providing a basic understanding of, and working familiarity with, the situations and terminology lawyers encounter in dealing with patients and clinicians. This information enables lawyers to frame better questions and more precisely identify facts pertinent to the case. The book begins with an overview of both Western Psychiatry and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Subsequent chapters cover: - Pursuing the diagnosis - Neuroses and psychoses - Personality disorders - Psychotropic medications and other treatment options - Divination of future dangerousness

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• Dedication(p. iii)
• Acknowledgments(p. vii)
• Chapter 1 Introduction(p. 1)
• Chapter 2 Whirlwind Historical Observations on Western Psychiatry, or How We Came to Have the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual(p. 7)
• Chapter 3 Pursuing the Diagnosis(p. 41)
• History of the Current Symptoms(p. 43)
• Past Medical History(p. 43)
• Past Psychiatric History(p. 44)
• Psychosocial and Family History(p. 45)
• Physical Examination with Review of Systems(p. 46)
• Mental Status Exam(p. 47)
• Testing, Both Laboratory and Psychometric(p. 51)
• Differential Diagnosis(p. 56)
• Documentation(p. 58)
• Chapter 4 The Neuroses and the Psychoses(p. 61)
• Chapter 5 The Personality Disorders(p. 85)
• Chapter 6 Psychotropic Medications and Other Treatment Options(p. 107)
• The Talking Cure(p. 109)
• Other Treatment Modalities(p. 113)
• The World of Psychotropic Medications(p. 120)
• Chapter 7 Things Are Not Necessarily as They Appear(p. 143)
• Chapter 8 The Divination of Future Dangerousness(p. 171)
• The Elements of Admissibility(p. 176)
• Making Sense of Confusion(p. 180)
• What Do the Courts Say?(p. 190)
• What Is One to Do?(p. 196)
• Chapter 9 Summary(p. 201)
• Glossary(p. 203)
• Appendix: For Further Study(p. 211)
• Bibliography(p. 215)
• About the Author(p. 239)
• Index(p. 241)

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Dr. John Carbone has over 23 years of experience as a practicing mental health provider, specializing in general and forensic psychiatry. In addition to his leadership role as Chief of Psychiatry and Director of Mental Health Services for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety in Raleigh, he has been appointed by Governor Beverly Perdue to serve on both the North Carolina Mental Health Commission and the Council on Developmental Disabilities.