Forensic psychiatry for future lawyers

The book "Forensic Psychiatry for Future Lawyers" is devoted to various issues of forensic psychiatry that future lawyers and young professionals face in their first years of work. The tasks of forensic psychiatry at the present stage of development of this science and society, the criteria for prescribing a forensic psychiatric examination and the complexity of its preparation are covered.
Taking into account the fact that the combination of legal knowledge and medical knowledge is rare, the book describes in detail the clinical aspects of mental disorders and certain forms of mental illness. Much attention is paid to organizational issues of forensic psychiatry in Russia, forensic psychiatric approaches to various forms of mental disorders and manifestations of psychopathology in complex age groups - minors and elderly subjects. Attention is paid to examinations in criminal and civil proceedings. The criteria for the social danger of mentally ill people and recommended medical measures are described in detail. This should help form the correct approach to the analysis and conclusions about the conclusions of forensic psychiatric experts in the process of investigative and judicial actions.
The book contains clinical observations and their analysis, which demonstrates the complexity of forming and justifying a forensic psychiatric report, and this is important in the work of a lawyer. Also given are examples of the creativity of mentally ill people: their drawings, which are often important for differential diagnosis.
The book may be of interest to law students and young professionals, as well as legal psychologists.