Dangerous Patients - A Psychodynamic Approach to Risk Assessment and Management

About the author

Ronald Doctor, FRCPsych, is Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy at the West London Mental Health NHS Trust, Chair of the NHS Liaison Committee, British Psychoanalytical Society, Chair of the Association of the Psychoanalytical Psychotherapists in the NHS (APP), Academic Secretary of the Psychotherapy Faculty, Royal College of Psychiatrists and Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College London. He has a particular interest in forensic psychotherapy, and he has edited two books: 'Dangerous Patients: A Psychodynamic Approach to Risk Assessment and Management' (2003); and 'Murder: A Psychotherapeutic Investigation' (2008).

Summary

This is a thought-provoking new collection that investigates the inherent difficulties in risk assessment in a series of papers by specialists in various aspects of forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy. An indispensable guide for any healthcare professional as well as fascinating insight into this highly-pressured environment.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Doctor
• Assisted by: Doctor Ronald (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367105303
• ISBN: 978-0-367-10530-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: The Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Forensic, Psychotherapy, Criminal or forensic psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Individual Psychotherapy