A Textbook Of Forensic Addiction Medicine And Psychiatry

Author Lawrence Erlich is a forensic addiction psychiatrist and has written this book in an attempt to collect information relevant to this field. He begins with an overview of the addictions medicine specialty, detailing the history of regulating addictive substances. He provides a brief text of the physiology of addiction and addictive personality. Differences in civil and criminal law are explained with advice and practical information on determining competency. The court system is examined a