Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry: Principles and Practice is one of the first texts to provide a comprehensive review of important topics in the intersection of geriatric psychiatry, medicine, clinical neuroscience, forensic psychiatry, and law. It will speak to a broad audience among varied fields, including clinical and forensic psychiatry and mental health professionals, geriatricians and internists, attorneys and courts, regulators, and other professionals working with the older population.Topics addressed in this text, applied to the geriatric population, include clinical forensic evaluation, regulations and laws, civil commitment, different forms of capacity, guardianship, patient rights, medical-legal issues related to treatment, long term care and telemedicine, risk management, patient safety and error reduction, elder driving, sociopathy and aggression, offenders and the adjudication process, criminal evaluations, corrections, ethics, culture, cognitive impairment, substance abuse, trauma, older professionals, high risk behavior, and forensic mental health training and research. Understanding the relationship between clinical issues, laws and regulations, and managing risk and improving safety, will help to serve the growing older population.

1. The Psychiatric and Cognitive Mental Status Examination in the Medical-Legal ContextJacob C. Holzer2. Neuropsychiatric Aspects Involving the Elderly and the LawRobert P. Granacher Jr.3. Behavioral Neurological Aspects Involving the Elderly and LawRobert P. Granacher Jr.4. Neuropsychological Assessment in Geriatric Forensic PsychiatryLarua L. Frakey and Donald Davidoff5. Neuroimaging and Geriatric Forensic PsychiatryTannahill Glen, Joseph Simpson, Melissa Lamar, Denene M. Wambach, and Hal Wortzel6. Federal Protections, Laws, and the Geriatric PatientChristina T. Vidoli and Jacob C. Holzer7. The Elderly Veteran, Service, Benefits, and the CommunityLuisa Skoble, Jamison Rogers, and Robert Kohn8. Civil Commitment of Older PersonsSara J. Brady and Eric Y. Drogin9. Capacity, Informed Consent, and GuardianshipStephen L. Read and James Edward Spar10. Capacity in the Life Course of the Elder: Testamentary Capacity, Power of Attorney, and Estate PlanningYaser Haq, Stuart Anfang, and Benjamin Liptzin11. Forensic Issues and Caregivers of the ElderlyGary Epstein-Lunbow and Elizabeth Tobin Tyler12. End of Life Decision MakingChad D. Kollas and Beth Boyer Kollas13. Older Driver Assessment and CounselingThomas M. Meuser and David B. Carr14. Forensic Issues in the Geriatric Psychiatry Consult Liaison Service and the Right to Accept and Refuse TreatmentEran D. Metzger, Jacob C. Holder, and Rebecca W. Brendel15. Psychopharmacological Agents, Side Effects, and Black Box WarningsManish A. Fozdar and Jacob C. Holzer16. Neurostimulation Therapies, Side Effects, Risks, and BenefitsHeba Gad, Daniel Bateman, and Paul E. Hotzheimer17. Patient Safety and Risk Reduction in the Geriatric Psychiatry PatientJacob C. Holzer and Paul Gluck18. Forensic Issues in Long-Term Care PsychiatryMarshall B. Kapp19. Medical Legal Issues in Psychiatric Home Care and Telemental HealthRobert Kohn, Thomas Sheeran, and Suzanne Duni-Briggs20. Evaluation of Elderly Persons in the Criminal Justice SystemRichard L. Frierson and Shilpa Srinivasan21. Elder AbuseRobert Kohn, Jessica Warner, Wendy Verhoek-Oftedahl, and Emily Murphy22. The Elderly Sex OffenderHannah Stewart and J. Paul Fedoroff23. Sociopathy, Antisocial Personality, and Directed Aggression in the Geriatric PopulationOlivia Zurek, Laura Stanton, and Robert Kohn24. Violence and Aggression in the Elderly: Non-directed Aggression and Clinical CausationGhulam Mustafa Surti, Laura Stanton, and Robert Kohn25. Working With the Elderly Defendant Through the Adjudicative ProcessBarry W. Wall26. The Geriatric WitnessSimha Ravven and Howard Zonana27. Geriatric Offenders: Evaluation and Treatment Within Correctional SettingsTimothy J. McGlasson, Michael K. Champion, and Joseph V. Penn28. Ethics in Geriatric Forensic AssessmentPhilip J. Candilis, Gregory B. Leong, and Robert Weinstock29. Cultural Issues In Geriatric Forensic PsychiatryBrandy X. Lee and Grace Lee30. Substance Use Disorders in the ElderlyMichael Burgard and Robert Kohn31. Intellectual Disabilities, Autism, and Aging: Medical-Legal IssuesMark J. Hauser, Robert Kohn, Matthew D. Lerner, Michael Stein, Becca Lory, and Harold J. Bursztajn32. Mild Cognitive Impairment: Impact on Medical-Legal IssuesDavid C. Hsu and James M. Ellison33. Suicidal Behavior in the Elderly and Its Forensic ImplicationsMaureen A. Malin, Carolina Jimenez-Madiedo, and Robert Kohn34. The Evolving Role of Psychiatry in Physician-Assisted Dying and EuthanasiaJames M. Wilkins, Maureen A. Malin, and Robert Kohn35. The Traumatized Older Individual and SocietyGen Tanaka, Anothai Soonsawat, Omar Sultan Haque, and Harold J. Bursztajn36. Issues in Medicare Billing, Documentation, and CodingLinda Martins, Ruby Nicholson, and Robert Kohn37. The Aging Physician and Other Professionals: Assessing Fitness for DutyMarilyn Price and Donald Meyer38. Geriatric Forensic Report WritingSherif Soliman and Phillip J. Resnick39. The Role of the Law and Legal Profession and Relationship to the Psychiatric ConsultantPatricia R. Recupero40. Geriatric Psychiatry ResearchS. Khalid Abubaker, Tyler G. Jones, and Philip J. Candilis41. Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry Training in Forensic and Geriatric Psychiatry FellowshipsStephen L. Read, Aaron Kaufman, and Daniel T. Hackman42. Human Rights and the Elderly: An Interventional PerspectiveRobert Kohn