Unquiet Minds: The World of Forensic Psychiatry

by Hugh Miller

Book by Miller, Hugh

Genres: True Crime

320 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1996

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Hugh Miller (1937- ) aka. John Watts, was born in Scotland but now lives in Warwick.

He is the author of the best seller Ambulance, as well as the highly acclaimed Mike Fletcher crime novels.

He is an acknowledged expert on forensic medicine and has numerous TV credits.

Reviews

[Sukumar Honkote · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was at my monthly bookworms meet when a friend suggested I may be interested in this book and said that he personally did not like it much. The topic was up my alley, and I borrowed it. I finished reading it in the following month. On the next meet, I told him that the book is now mine. I had never laid claim on somebody's books before, but this gem made me commit this crime.

The book talks about various crimes reported in police files and the psychoanalysis that was behind it. While most of the cases appeared to be caused by one or the other mental disorder, few of them were craftily disguised as one. The language is easy to read, the cases described are succinct and described in a story format, with fantastic description of the patient.

I would recommend this book to anybody who is interested in psychology.

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting insight into some disturbing cases of mentally ill patients committing heinous crimes and the opinions of the police involved and the defence of these people in court. I would have preferred more of the author's opinion on these cases and if he felt they were handled correctly or not but equally it was interesting to be provided with the facts and the opinions of others at time and be able to draw my own conclusions.

[Jessica Webb · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book exploring the various areas of psychosis that are often involved in criminal behaviour, with examples from cases, and provides an insight in to the histories and origins of mental disturbance in the minds of the perpetrators.