Updates to this edition:

* Clinical and legal issues in the use of clozapine in treatment of schizophrenia
* Clinical information and new cases involving tardive dyskinesia
* Changes in civil and criminal law regarding right to refuse treatment
* An update of clinical guidelines and legal regulations of ECT
* An update on suicide risk assessment and new legal cases involving suicide
* An update on violence risk assessment and new legal cases involving the duty to protect endangered third parties
* New statutes and criminal sanctions regarding sexual misconduct
* New statutes limiting the liability of therapists toward third parties who are injured or killed by patients
* Changes in the relationship between psychiatrists and nonmedical therapists
* Regulatory developments regarding physician impairment
* Numerous tables and an updated glossary of legal terms
* New section on common terms and abbreviations in legal citations