Violence, Crime and Mentally Disordered Offenders

About the editors ix

List of contributors xi

Series editors' preface xiii

Preface xvii

Introduction 1

1 Evidence-based treatment for mentally disordered offenders 7
Rudiger Muller-Isberner and Sheilagh Hodgins

2 Offenders with brain damage 39
Norbert Nedopil

3 Personality disordered offenders: conceptualization, assessment and diagnosis of personality disorder 63
Heather Burke and Stephen D. Hart

4 Psychopathic offenders 87
Stephen Wong

5 Offenders with schizophrenia 113
Joseph D. Bloom and William H. Wilson

6 Offenders with major affective disorders 131
Derek Eaves, George Tien and Derek Wilson

7 Pharmacological treatments for psychotic offenders 153
Leslie Citrome and Jan Volavka

8 Pharmacological treatments for personality disordered offenders 177
Jari Tiihonen

9 Community-based treatment programmes 193
Kirk Heilbrun and Lori Peters

10 Conclusion 217
Sheilagh Hodgins

Index 229

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