Violent Extremism - A Primer for Mental Health Practitioners

This edited book presents international perspectives on the role of mental health problems in understanding and managing the risk of violent extremism.

List of contents

1. Risk assessment and management in violent extremism: a primer for mental health practitioners 2. Systematic review of mental health problems and violent extremism 3. Severe mental disorder and terrorism: when psychosis, PTSD and addictions become a vulnerability 4. Reviewing the links between violent extremism and personality, personality disorders, and psychopathy 5. Violent extremism, mental health and substance abuse among adolescents: towards a trauma psychological perspective on violent radicalization and deradicalization 6. Autism spectrum disorders and terrorism: how different features of autism can contextualise vulnerability and resilience 7. Characteristics of autism spectrum disorder and susceptibility to radicalisation among young people: a qualitative study

About the author

Caroline Logan is Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist. She has worked as a scholar practitioner in forensic mental health and criminal justice services for 25 years, and much of this time focused on the assessment, formulation, and management of violence risk.

Summary

This edited book presents international perspectives on the role of mental health problems in understanding and managing the risk of violent extremism.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline (Greater Manchester Mental Health Logan
• Assisted by: Caroline Logan (Editor), Logan Caroline (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2021
• EAN: 9781032170466
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3217046-6
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Psychotherapy, Clinical psychology, Warfare & defence, Terrorism, armed struggle, Criminal or forensic psychology, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Psychological methodology, Crime & criminology, Violence and abuse in society, Mental Health Law