Books by Thomas G. Gutheil

Provides mental health professionals guidance on how the law affects their clinical practice. This book addresses developments including federal rules protecting patients' privacy, regulations minimizing use of seclusion and restraint, liability risks associated with psychiatric medications, and malpractice risks in forensic psychiatry.

The Mental Health Professional in Court: A Survival Guide is designed to help mental health professionals become more knowledgeable about the settings, assumptions, personnel, issues, and techniques involved in going to court, with the aim of demystifying the legal process and reducing anxiety about this inherently stressful experience.

The Psychiatrist as Expert Witness, Second Edition, by Dr. Gutheil, is a highly readable and practical update of his successful first edition. The focus of the new volume is to guide readers to become, improve, and successfully market a career as a psychiatric expert witness.