Homicide and Severe Mental Disorder - Understanding and Prevention

This book provides a complete picture of how severe mental disorder can be assessed in cases of homicide, and how improved understanding can impact risk reduction and prevention. It brings together a wide range of material including theory, research, demographic data, case examples, enquiry reports, and practical strategies.

About the author

Michael Farrell has written extensively for medical, legal, and police publications. He is the author of Psychosis Under Discussion (Routledge) and his textbooks on provision for individuals with mental disorders are translated into Asian, Middle Eastern, and European languages.

Summary

This book provides a complete picture of how severe mental disorder can be assessed in cases of homicide, and how improved understanding can impact risk reduction and prevention. It brings together a wide range of material including theory, research, demographic data, case examples, enquiry reports, and practical strategies.

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This volume provides a masterful combination of theory, research, practice, and policy to focus on how homicides resulting from serious mental disorder may be prevented. A must read for all students of mental disorder and its relationship to violence.
Prof Graeme Newman, University at Albany – State University of New York, USA
Discussing a profoundly serious topic which has many misconceptions surrounding it, this book is excellent reading for anybody who deals with criminal justice and mental health. I recommend it strongly.
Dr Walid Sarhan MD, FRCPsych, IDFAPA, Chief Editor Arab Journal of Psychiatry
This book is aimed at a broad readership who will be interested in this topic, including students, researchers, and teachers in criminology, psychology, and psychiatry, criminal justice personnel, and mental health professionals. Furthermore, homicide and serious mental disorder are universal to all cultures and societies and therefore this book will attract a wide international readership.
Prof Jenny Shaw, National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health, The University of Manchester, UK

Product details

• Authors: Michael Farrell, Michael (Consultant in Private Practice Farrell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781032000992
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3200099-2
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Social, group or collective psychology, Criminal or forensic psychology, Psychological methodology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Violence and abuse in society