This new book enables participants in family and child care litigation to understand the psychiatric issues arising in such cases sufficiently well so as to perform their own duties in an informed way. Dealing with the nature of psychiatric disorders, in all their common presentations, this indispensible book provides comprehensive advice to participants in litigation, making use of clinical examples from the author's medico-legal practice. It also offers practitioners thorough explanations of areas such as diagnosis and capacity thus acting as a bridge between the law and adult psychiatric practice.
