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Glancy/Regehr: Canadian Landmark Cases
High-profile legal cases involving individuals with mental health challenges often address complex issues that confront previous decisions of the courts, influence or change existing social policies, and ultimately have a profound impact on the daily practice of mental health professionals and the lives of their patients. Providing in-depth context into milestone cases in forensic mental health, this book addresses issues such as the confidentiality of mental health records, criminal responsibility, fitness to stand trial, the right of individuals to refuse mental health treatment, and the duty of mental health practitioners to warn and protect individuals who may be at risk of harm at the hands of a patient. The authors explore the social and political context in which these cases occurred, incorporating court decisions, contemporaneous media articles, and legal reviews in the analysis. Graham Glancy and Cheryl Regehr, who are experts in the field of forensic psychiatry, draw upon their own practice, in addition to scholarly literature, to describe the impact of the decisions rendered by the courts in the area of mental health and offer practical guidelines for professionals working at the interface of law and mental health.
288 pages, Paperback
Published March 26, 2020
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March 14, 2021
5 "superb, helpful, clear" stars !!!
2020 Honorable Mention with High Distinction Read
Thank you to Netgalley, the authors and University of Toronto press for a copy of this e-book in exchange for an honest review.
The authors are a forensic psychiatrist and a professor of Social Work and they have written one of the best textbooks I have ever encountered. The book is clear, helpful, well-written, interesting and useful for forensic mental health professionals and those with interests in this area. They have systematically and carefully laid out important topics in this area, legal precedents from Canada as well as the USA and UK (when indicated). They also discuss clinical issues with regards to assessment and report writing in a clear and respectful manner.
Topics included
1. Landmark Cases
2.Expert Testimony
3.Insanity Defense(s)
4.Criminal Responsibility
5.Clarifying Wrongfulness
6.Voluntariness
7.Fitness to Stand Trial
8.Access to Treatments and Records
9.Duty to Warn
10.Consent to Treatment
11.Assessing Damages in Civil Tort Cases
Who would have thought that a TEXTBOOK might likely end up in my top ten of the year list :)
Kudos !
2020 Honorable Mention with High Distinction Read
Thank you to Netgalley, the authors and University of Toronto press for a copy of this e-book in exchange for an honest review.
The authors are a forensic psychiatrist and a professor of Social Work and they have written one of the best textbooks I have ever encountered. The book is clear, helpful, well-written, interesting and useful for forensic mental health professionals and those with interests in this area. They have systematically and carefully laid out important topics in this area, legal precedents from Canada as well as the USA and UK (when indicated). They also discuss clinical issues with regards to assessment and report writing in a clear and respectful manner.
Topics included
1. Landmark Cases
2.Expert Testimony
3.Insanity Defense(s)
4.Criminal Responsibility
5.Clarifying Wrongfulness
6.Voluntariness
7.Fitness to Stand Trial
8.Access to Treatments and Records
9.Duty to Warn
10.Consent to Treatment
11.Assessing Damages in Civil Tort Cases
Who would have thought that a TEXTBOOK might likely end up in my top ten of the year list :)
Kudos !
March 11, 2020
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.
Forensic mental health is a fascinating yet complex topic. This book definitely isn't light reading. But it is very well researched and written. While this pertains to Canadian cases, the various factors involving mental illness and forensics applies worldwide.
Forensic mental health is a fascinating yet complex topic. This book definitely isn't light reading. But it is very well researched and written. While this pertains to Canadian cases, the various factors involving mental illness and forensics applies worldwide.
April 20, 2020
Great book. Practical, precise, would be a good reference for whoever is working on identifying forensic mental health. A number of known cases were analysed in-depth, such as Vincent Li etc. Cases that are chosen are quite representative, they could cover various aspects of the topic, and the book gives concrete following up on the cases and how does the case influence the forensic mental health discussion scene.
The book provides a great overview of Canadian legal system and structure, it also dealt in great length with the development of forensic mental health discussion, on a case by case level. Highly recommend, esp. for academic use.
The book provides a great overview of Canadian legal system and structure, it also dealt in great length with the development of forensic mental health discussion, on a case by case level. Highly recommend, esp. for academic use.
April 19, 2020
I was so surprised and delighted to spot this text on NetGalley - I couldn't believe my love of reading and reviewing, and my professional life could intersect so perfectly!
Working in forensic psychiatry, I just love reading cases. Almost to a pathological extent. So this text, which generally chronologically discusses landmark Canadian cases suited me extremely well. The authors have set out the text highlighting important cases in specific areas of legal and psychiatric interest, such as fitness to stand trial, insanity defense etc. They have useful summaries at the end of each chapter, with tables that allow for easy reference. However, this text is incredibly readable and I tore through it like a novel - it was particularly good on those days I was working in Prison and couldn't see patients due to lock down.
As an Australian, the cases are not directly applicable to my work, however the themes do cross the distance and it was very interesting to read how some of the issues Canada grappled with in the late 80s and 90s are things that we still deal with here.
Overall, this is a very satisfying text.
Working in forensic psychiatry, I just love reading cases. Almost to a pathological extent. So this text, which generally chronologically discusses landmark Canadian cases suited me extremely well. The authors have set out the text highlighting important cases in specific areas of legal and psychiatric interest, such as fitness to stand trial, insanity defense etc. They have useful summaries at the end of each chapter, with tables that allow for easy reference. However, this text is incredibly readable and I tore through it like a novel - it was particularly good on those days I was working in Prison and couldn't see patients due to lock down.
As an Australian, the cases are not directly applicable to my work, however the themes do cross the distance and it was very interesting to read how some of the issues Canada grappled with in the late 80s and 90s are things that we still deal with here.
Overall, this is a very satisfying text.
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