Author And Physician Vivian Shnaidman Presents Forensic Psychiatry: A Lawyer’s Guide

Feb. 18, 2016 - PRLog -- January 31, 2016: Author and Physician Vivian Shnaidman is pleased to announce the publication of Forensic Psychiatry: A Lawyer’s Guide, a comprehensive guide to mental health as it relates to matters of law.

About The Book

Lawyers frequently encounter clients and/or cases of bizarre behavior, mental illness, substance abuse, psychopathy, sexual offenses, learning disorders, birth defects, and other behavioral and emotional issues. Often they are ill-prepared to understand the nature of the psychiatric report, how the psychiatric assessment was structured, and how to best utilize and challenge these reports in court.

Forensic Psychiatry: A Lawyer’s Guide provides legal professionals with the tools to identify mentally ill clients and help them navigate through the psychiatric information and language in reports and testimony. Topics include why a forensic psychiatrist is necessary, applications of psychiatry to law, various psychiatric disorders, and utilizing the expert witness.

·         A user-friendly roadmap to psychiatry for the non-psychiatrist―covers why you need a forensic psychiatrist and the applications of psychiatry to law

·         Provides coverage of the mental status examination, common psychiatric diagnoses, treatable disorders versus brain damage, medical problems masquerading as mental illness, and much more

·         Includes a full glossary of psychiatric terms as an additional easy reference guide

Forensic Psychiatry: A Lawyer’s Guideis available as a $90.72 digital download for Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, and other eReader devices. The book is also available in hardcover format (ISBN: 9780128028520, 214pp, $95.50) everywhere books are sold. For more information, please visit www.jerseyforensicconsulting.com.

About The Author

Vivian Chern Shnaidman, MD, is an expert in the application of psychiatry to legal matters. She is known for her appearances as an expert on TV and has provided expert testimony in over fifty published court cases. She is a medical doctor board certified in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry.

In addition to Dr. Shnaidman’s forensic work, she maintains a boutique clinical practice. Her publications include this book, two prior works of fiction, Loosening Of Associations and Homicidal Intent (Random House), and several contributions to periodicals.

Dr. Shnaidman is a graduate of the Sackler School of Medicine and Bryn Mawr College.

To learn more about Vivan Shnaidman, please visit www.jerseyforensicconsulting.com.