Clinical risk assessment of violence -- Structured risk assessment of violence -- Cultural competence in violence risk assessment -- Psychological testing in violence risk assessment -- Mood disorders -- Schizophrenia and delusional disorder -- Posttraumatic stress disorder -- Substance abuse disorders -- Personality disorders -- Neurological and medical disorders -- Impulsivity and aggression -- Outpatient settings -- Impatient settings -- Emergency services -- Psychopharmacology and electroconvulsive therapy -- Psychotherapeutic interventions -- Seclusion and restraint -- Children and adolescents -- The elderly -- Forensic issues -- Legal issues of prediction, protection, and expertise -- Sexual violence and the clinician -- Violence toward mental health professionals -- Intimate partner violence and the clinician -- Workplace violence and the clinician -- Vehicular crashes and the role of mental health clinicians -- School violence -- Clinically-based risk management of potentially violent patients.
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Mental health professionals will find this book to be timely and necessary?for their patients, but also for the families and communities who rely on their professional judgment in assessing and managing potentially violent individuals. The editors lend the breadth and depth of their experience to this volume.