As you may know, IAFMHS sponsors a book series, published by Routledge. The latest book in the series is the Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment, edited by Randy Otto and Kevin Douglas. IAFMHS members receive a 10% discount. You can get more information about the book at:

http://www.routledgementalhealth.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?curTab=REVIEWS&id=&parent_id=&sku=&isbn=9780415962148&pc=

Also, please keep the series in mind for possible book you may be interested in authoring. If you have a proposal or would like to discuss the possibility of a book for the series, let me know.

Ron

Dr. Ronald Roesch, Professor of Psychology

Director, Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute

Simon Fraser University

8888 University Drive

Burnaby, BC Canada V5A 1S6

Office: 778-782-3370   fax: 778-782-3427 (Email: roesch@sfu.ca) 

Institute Webpage: http://www.sfu.ca/~mhlpi/

Fitness Interview Test-Revised (FIT-R):  http://www.prpress.com/books/FITR.html

President, International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services: http://www.iafmhs.org/ 

Editor, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law: http://www.apa.org/journals/law/  

As editor of the American Psychology-Law Society book series, published by Oxford University Press, I am pleased to announce the publication of a new book in the series.

The title of the book is Psychological Injuries: Forensic Assessment, Treatment, and Law, and the authors are William Koch, Kevin Douglas, Tonia Nicholls, and Melanie O'Neill. Integrating the history of psychological injuries both from legal and mental health perspectives, this book offers compelling discussions of relevant statutory and case law. Focusing especially on posttraumatic stress disorder, it addresses the current status and empirical limitations of forensic assessments of psychological injuries and alerts readers to common vulnerabilities in expert evidence from mental health professionals. In addition, it also uses the latest empirical research to provide the best forensic methods for assessing both clinical conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder and for alternative explanations such as malingering. The authors offer state-of-the-art information on early intervention, psychological therapies, and pharmaceutical treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder and stimulating suggestions for further research. A comprehensive guide to this complex phenomenon, this book will be an indispensable resource for all mental health practitioners, researchers, and legal professionals who work with psychological injuries.

More details on this book and other books in the series can be found on the Oxford University Press website. APLS members receive a 25% discount on all books in the series, and this link shows the list price ($39.95) and the APLS member price ($30.00): http://www.us.oup.com/us/collections/apls/?view=usa

The National GAINS Center is proud to offer a free download of the new Brief Jail Mental Health Screen which can effectively identify the need for further assessment of mental health in incoming detainees.  For more information and to download your FREE copy of the Brief Jail Mental Health Screen, please visit us at: http://gainscenter.samhsa.gov/html/resources/MHscreen.asp