Forensic Mental Health

This book provides a concise introduction to the increasingly important field of forensic mental health. It aims to set out both the key concepts in forensic mental health as well as the way the discipline operates in the broader context of criminal justice and mental health care systems. It will provide an ideal introduction to the subject for students taking courses in universities and elsewhere, for mental health practitioners in the early stages of their careers, and for professionals from other agencies needing an informed and up-to-date account of forensic mental health.

This book provides a concise introduction to the increasingly important field of forensic mental health. It aims to set out both the key concepts in forensic mental health as well as the way the discipline operates in the broader context of criminal justice and mental health care systems.It will provide an ideal introduction to the subject for students taking courses in universities and elsewhere, for mental health practitioners in the early stages of their careers, and for professionals from other agencies needing an informed and up-to-date account of forensic mental health.

Mary McMurran is Professor of Personality Disorder Research in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Nottingham University.

Najat Khalifa works in the School of Community Health Sciences, Nottingham University.

Simon Gibbon is a Clinical Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry at Nottingham University, and an Honorary Specialist Registrar in Forensic Psychiatry with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.