书目名称 | Evaluating Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the Forensic Context |
副标题 | A Manual for Mental |
编辑 | Natalie Novick Brown |
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概述 | Provides mental health clinicians with diagnostic protocols and practical procedures for use in a variety of forensic settings or clinical contexts.Incorporates protocols used in legal matters ranging |
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描述 | .This book is intended for medical and mental health clinicians faced with the challenge of evaluating adolescents and adults in the legal context who may have a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Luminaries in their respective fields, the contributors to this book offer a range of expertise and perspectives regarding the forensic investigation of FASD: medical, psychological, psychiatric, criminal defense, prosecution, and the judiciary. ..The primary goal of the book is to provide medical and mental health clinicians with practical procedures that can be used in a variety of forensic and clinical settings. It includes protocols that have been used successfully in legal matters ranging from rights waiver and competency to capital murder and sexual offending. It not only provides detailed guidelines for interviewing birth mothers about the delicate topic of substance use during pregnancy but also introduces a methodology that can be usedin the absence of exposure confirmation to arrive at a sound diagnostic conclusion through the process of differential diagnosis. Taken as a whole, the methodological procedures described by the contributors to the book serve as ‘best practices |
出版日期 | Book 2021 |
关键词 | fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; FASD; prenatal alcohol exposure; fetal alcohol syndrome; alcohol relate |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73628-6 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-73630-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-73628-6 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |