Global Perspectives in Forensic Psychiatry

Global Perspectives in Forensic Psychiatry: International Approaches to Practice, Policies, and the Law is an essential guide to understanding the international landscape of forensic mental health systems. This book presents global perspectives in forensic psychiatry and research, highlighting how national contexts and legal frameworks shape mental health care systems across multiple continents. Contributors from over 25 countries describe national approaches to the assessment, treatment, and management of justice-involved individuals with mental disorders. In doing so, the contributors encourage policymakers to draw from both well-established and developing forensic psychiatric systems to inform international discourse, interpret research, and enhance the ongoing evolution of best practice approaches. Key topics include historical and cultural principles, training and quality assurance, and contemporary policies and procedures. This volume is an essential resource for forensic mental health professionals, clinicians, and researchers. It will inform training, service delivery, and future research on justice-involved individuals with mental disorders. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Gary Chaimowitz is a professor at McMaster University and Head of Service for the Forensic Psychiatry Program at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada. Mini Mamak is an associate professor at McMaster University and a senior psychologist in the Forensic Psychiatry Program at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada. Heather Moulden is an associate professor at McMaster University. She is a psychologist in the Forensic Psychiatry Program at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada. Drew Kingston is the executive clinical director and director of research of the HOPE program. He is a senior scientist at the Royal Ottawa Hospital's Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, Canada, and an adjunct clinical professor at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

Part I: North America 1. Canada Mathieu Dufour and John Bradford 2. Canada: Legal aspects of forensic psychiatry Hy Bloom and Richard Schneider 3. United States Monika Pietrzak and Susan Hatters Friedman Part II: South America 4. Argentina María José Lescano and Jorge Oscar Folino 5. Brazil Elias Abdalla-Filho and Lisieux E. de Borba Telles 6. Chile Claudio Filippi Part III: Europe 7. England and Wales Megan Georgiou, Quazi Haque, Patrick Neville, Phil Huckle, and Piyal Sen 8. France Sébastien Prat and Estébanine Moulia-Pelat 9. Germany Birgit Völlm 10. Ireland Henry Kennedy 11. Lithuania Ilona Laurinaityte, Vaiva Martinkiene, and Arunas Germanavicius 12. Netherlands 13. Norway Terje Tørrissen 14. Poland Inga Markiewicz 15. Portugal Márcia Mota, Maria João Peixoto, and Ricardo Barroso 16. Scotland Lindsay Thomson and Caroline Kelly 17. Spain Vicenç Tort-Herrando and Carles Martín-Fumadó Part IV: Middle East 18. Israel Assaf Shelef, Shmuel Hess, Nathan Kaspi, Michal Shayit and Naama Barkai 19. Kuwait Abdulmohsen Al-Humoud 20. Oman Badar Ali Nasser Al Habsi 21. Türkiye Yasin Hasan Balcioglu and Fatih Öncü Part V: Asia 22. China Xiaoping Wang 23. India Rakesh K. Chadda and Sanjiv Gulati 24. Japan Akiko Kikuchi, Junko Koike, Miki Hirano, and Chiyo Fujii 25. Pakistan Tariq Hassan Part VI: Africa 26. South Africa Nyameka Dyakalashe 27. Tanzania Enock Eteregho Changarawe 28. Uganda Irene Kizito Apio, Mark Mohan Kaggwa, and Julius Muron Part VII: Oceania 29. Aotearoa New Zealand Jacqueline Short and Jennifer Falce Part VIII: Analysis 30. The future of research in forensic psychiatry Harry G. Kennedy and Mary Davoren