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.
This volume is an essential resource for forensic mental health professionals, clinicians, and researchers. It will inform training, service delivery, and future research .

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 Laurinaityt¿, Vaiva Martinkien¿, and Ar¿nas Germanavi¿ius
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 Balc¿ölu 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