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1.		The Essentials of California Mental Health Law: A Straightforward Guide for Clinicians of All Disciplines (The Essentials of Series) from W. W. Norton & Company Price: $26.42 Customer Review: Useful book. Written in easy to read and understand language for those of us who do not enjoy wading through otherwise dull and dry text of legal and ethical codes. In each chapter the authors respond to questions posed with thoughtful and clear responses. A part II of this text would be great and I... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		Guilty by Reason of Insanity: A Psychiatrist Explores the Minds of Killers from Fawcett Customer Review: Dr. Lewis does a job in explaining her position regarding analyzing serial killers like Joel Rifkin of Long Island. She is a New York City based psychiatrist who believes that serial killers have some brain-damage and it's probably true. In this book, she is more autobiographical at times and also... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		The Portable Lawyer for Mental Health Professionals: An A-Z Guide to Protecting Your Clients, Your Practice, and Yourself from Wiley Price: $53.79 Customer Review: The primary author is well known as an instructor of "Family Law" for graduate students of psychology, social work, marriage & family therapy, etc. at several north Texas universities. His courses are always well-received. A previous reviewer commented that a mental health professional would... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		The Killing of Bonnie Garland: A Question of Justice from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $15.30 Customer Review: William Gaylin's book, which combined good journalism, professional psychiatric insight, and superb wisdom and philosophical context, is in my opinion the best criminology ever written. Although his discussion of the crime and the motives therefor is first rate, what gives the book its immense value... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		The Suicidal Patient: Clinical and Legal Standards of Care (Home Study Programs) from American Psychological Association (APA) Customer Review: dr. bongar's work is especially helpful for mental health professionals to help them understand and appreciate the experience through which the prospectively suicidal patient finds him or herself. like most books published by the apa, it is fairly exhaustive on research (although this review is... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Refusing Care: Forced Treatment and the Rights of the Mentally Ill from University Of Chicago Press Price: $31.20	Click here for more information


7.		Wild Beasts and Idle Humors: The Insanity Defense from Antiquity to the Present from Harvard University Press Price: $49.00 Customer Review: Daniel N. Robinson's Wild Beasts and Idle Humours (The Insanity Defense from Antiquity to the Present) sounds and looks more fun than it actually will be for the average reader without a sure grounding in legal, philosophical and psychological theory and history. The author does indeed cover the... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Psychological Evaluations for the Courts: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers, Second Edition from The Guilford Press Customer Review: This book was mandatory for a forensic case law course taught by a seasoned forensic expert. It is thorough, accurate, and provides everything one needs to know before conducting forensic evaluations, as well as a significant amount of information most professionals ought to know but often don't. I... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Texas Law and the Practice of Psychology: A Sourcebook from Bayou Publishing Price: $25.55	Click here for more information


10.		Criminalization of Mental Illness: Crisis and Opportunity for the Justice System from Carolina Academic Press Price: $36.47	Click here for more information


11.		The Essentials of Florida Mental Health Law from W. W. Norton & Company Price: $29.42 Customer Review: Excellant resource for practicing clinicans in Florida that need a quick guide to challenging questions affecting mental health concerns. Wish they had a New Edition as it frequently saves time for me in looking up the exact statutues. "491" Board Member Sue White	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		Psychology and Law: Theory, Research, and Application (with InfoTrac®) from Wadsworth Publishing Price: $154.95 Customer Review: I love this book! Great resource for any cop on the job who goes to court a lot. Great things to know to keep in the back of your mind. Great research tool. The only problem is that I hate it when someone selling something used states, "minimum highlighting/marking, etc." and I get it is full... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		Substance Abuse Treatment for Criminal Offenders: An Evidence-Based Guide for Practitioners (Forensic Practice Guidebooks Series) from American Psychological Association (APA) Price: $30.36 Customer Review: This book is good for the research minded practitioner, not very helpful in treatment planning.	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		Law and Mental Health: A Case-Based Approach from The Guilford Press Price: $40.80	Click here for more information


15.		Mental Health and Disability Law in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series) from West Publishing Company Price: $29.00 Customer Review: This is a handy resource for professionals. The only problem is that it could use some updating. At the time this book was published, the ADA wasn't in place.	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		Risk Management with Suicidal Patients from The Guilford Press Price: $25.00	Click here for more information


17.		Who Qualifies for Rights: Homelessness, Mental Illness, and Civil Commitment from Cornell University Press Price: $32.95	Click here for more information


18.		Physical Therapist's Business Practice and Legal Guide from Jones & Bartlett Publishers Price: $62.95	Click here for more information


19.		Medicolegal Issues in Clinical Practice: A Primer for the Legally Challenged from Rapid Psychler Press Price: $30.00 Customer Review: Dr. Wear-Finkle has succeeded in creating an extremely well-written, comprehensive reference book of a generally unfamiliar and very intimidating subject to most clinicians. Her approach is impressive in both its clarity and organization. While it is an easy read, it goes beyond a "...for Dummies"... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		Back to the Asylum: The Future of Mental Health Law and Policy in the United States from Oxford University Press, USA Price: $40.70	Click here for more information

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