• This book provides succinct and structured account of core forensic psychiatry areas and other important legal issues, such as: - Legal system in India, Ethical issues in forensic psychiatry, forensic psychiatry interview - Psychiatry in relation to civil and criminal law, report writing, court testimony - Latest update on legal statutes: MHCA 2017, RPWDA 2016, NDPSA Act - Medical jurisprudence, medical negligence, access to case records and RTI - Assessment of Malingering, capacity assessment for health care decisions - Medicolegal responsibility in cases of: victims of sexual offence, suicide, sex reassignment surgery, organ transplantation, foreign nationals • Reader-friendly style of writing. • Students of modern medicine, homeopathy, ayurveda, unani, siddha, alternative medicine, dentistry, para/allied medical students, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, medicine, psychology, postgraduate students of psychiatry, family medicine, doctoral scholars, all will find the content of the book relevant for their academic needs and curriculum requirements.