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  • Volume 17
  • Number 4
  • October 2019

From the Guest Editor

Reviews

Publication date: 01 October 2019

Pages332–336

The major elements of a medical malpractice claim, the litigation process, and the common allegations of negligence that are encountered in such cases are reviewed, and the article provides an overview of the types of malpractice liability insurance and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190017

Publication date: 01 October 2019

Pages337–342

A brief history of medical licensing and regulation is presented along with common causes for medical board complaints and general medical–legal issues to consider if a psychiatrist becomes the subject of a medical board complaint.

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190020

Clinical Synthesis

Publication date: 01 October 2019

Pages343–348

The authors provide an overview of malpractice liability for patient violence, violence risk factors, and principles of violence risk assessment. They also offer some practical risk management strategies to reduce clinicians’ risk of liability for violent ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190022

Publication date: 01 October 2019

Pages349–354

This article reviews basic elements for the general practitioner of adult psychiatry related to suicide risk factors, firearms and suicide, nonsuicidal self-injury, risk screening and assessment, strategies for risk mitigation, and liability surrounding ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190023

Publication date: 01 October 2019

Pages355–359

Youths’ legal status and developmental differences call for approaches to both risk assessment and treatment that can differ from those for adults. In addition to good clinical practice, careful documentation of care in working with youths who pose a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190018

Publication date: 01 October 2019

Pages360–364

Three areas in which rules governing confidentiality have rapidly evolved are examined: the duty to warn or protect potential third-party victims, the establishment of psychotherapist-patient privilege for federal courts; and the codification of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190021

Publication date: 01 October 2019

Pages365–371

Boundary violations are an uncommon but nonetheless important cause of malpractice action against the psychiatrist and include various breaches ranging from sexual liaisons to inappropriate online behaviors. Recommendations for avoiding boundary ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190019

Publication date: 01 October 2019

Pages372–379

This article explores malpractice lawsuits against clinicians and clinician liability concerning the use of antidepressants from time of clinical trial to removal from the public domain.

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190024

Ask the Expert

Ethics Commentary

Communication Commentary

Bibliography

Influential Publications

Publication date: 01 October 2019

Page429

The Classification of Violence Risk (COVR®) is an interactive software program designed to estimate the risk that a person hospitalized for mental disorder will be violent to others. The software leads the evaluator through a chart review and a brief ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.17404

Publication date: 01 October 2019

Pages435–442

Recent events have revived questions about the circumstances that ought to trigger therapists’ duty to warn or protect. There is extensive interstate variation in duty to warn or protect statutes enacted and rulings made in the wake of the California ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.17402

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