Nigel Eastman was Emeritus Professor of Law and Ethics in Psychiatry at St George's, University of London, UK and Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, UK. He died unexpectedly in February 2022, while this work was still in press. Prof. Eastman was a passionate and dedicated educator, and his publications are a testimony to that passion, and the culmination of a lifetime of study, clinical practice and research. This book would not exist without him and it is with both sadness and respect that we, his co- authors and editors, dedicate this book to him, as a posthumous thank you for the enthusiasm, intellect and generosity that made it possible.

Gwen Adshead is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist at Broadmoor Hospital, West London NHS Trust, Southall, UK.

Simone Fox is a Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

Richard Latham is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at East London NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

Seán Whyte is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Clinical Director at South-West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, UK and a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.

Hannah Kate Williams is a Specialty Registrar in Forensic Psychiatry & Medical Psychotherapy at South-West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, UK.

• Part I: Introduction to the handbook


• 1: Introduction to the handbook


• Part II: Clinical forensic psychiatry


• 2: Clinical and social aspects of crime


• 3: Mental disorders in forensic psychiatry


• 4: Assessment in forensic psychiatry


• 5: Risk assessment


• 6: Treatment


• 7: Risk management


• 8: Forensic psychiatric services


• Part III: The ethics of forensic psychiatry


• 9: Ethical decision making


• 10: Professional duties and personal integrity


• 11: Conflicting ethical values


• 12: Clinical matters raising ethical issues


• Part IV: Law relevant to psychiatry


• 13: The interface between psychiatry and law


• 14: Legal systems


• 15: Criminal law


• 16: Mental health and mental capacity law


• 17: Civil law


• Part V: Psychiatry within the legal system


• 18: The criminal justice system


• 19: Legal tests relevant to psychiatry


• 20: The psychiatrist in court


• 21: Applied ethics and testimony


• 22: Providing reports


• 23: Giving evidence


• Part VI: Appendices


• A: Appendices