SHRUNK: Crime and Disorders of the Mind is a collection of powerful stories by international forensic psychologists and psychiatrists who write about the many complex mental health issues they face and the care involved in dealing with them. Unlike any other book within the genres of True Crime and Criminology, Shrunk forms a unique bridge between mental health and law. Chapters focus on cases where judges and juries call upon the opinions of forensic experts when dealing with the mentally disordered criminally accused. Edited by scholar Dr. Lorene Shyba and psychologist Dr. J. Thomas Dalby, with a foreword by Dr. Lisa Ramshaw, Shrunk is written and edited to appeal to medical and legal professionals; students of medicine, psychology, and law; and the interested general public. Shrunk is the second book in Durvile Publications’ ‘True Cases’ series.

Lorene Shyba is publisher at Durvile & UpRoute Books, and director of its production arm, Pepper Ranch Studio. Lorene has worked professionally in book and magazine publishing for over three decades with expertise in writing and editing, print and web design, and audiobook production. Her doctoral degree is in interactive media and she has been on faculty in departments of creative arts, communications, and computer science at the University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge, Montana Tech, and McMaster University. The print, audio, and e-book series that she is currently overseeing include Durvile's True Cases series, and UpRoute's Spirit of Nature Indigenous series. She lives and works in the Rocky Mountain foothills near Millarville, Alberta.

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J. Thomas Dalby PhD, R. Psych, ABN has been a forensic psychologist for thirty-eight years and has been a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology since 1984. He is a Professor (Adjunct) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary and was also a member of the Faculty of Medicine at this university for twenty-six years. He has held a continuous appointment with Athabasca University since 1977. He was formerly administrative head of psychology departments at two Calgary hospitals. Dr. Dalby is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, and in 2013 received the highest honour for professional psychologists in Canada—CPA award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession. He also is a recipient of the Dick Pettifor Memorial Award for exceptional career achievements from the Psychologists Association of Alberta. He has published over a hundred professional books, chapters and articles in medical, psychological and legal forums. He has conducted over fourteen-thousand forensic evaluations and provided courtroom testimony on over nine hundred occasions. His clients have included the National Hockey League, the United Nations, and police services, insurance companies, and law firms across North America.

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Lisa Ramshaw MD DPhil FRCPC is the Forensic Psychiatry Subspecialty Program Director and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. She is a staff psychiatrist in the Forensic Service at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto and has been a consultant psychiatrist in Nunavut for more than ten years. Her clinical practice includes assessments of criminal responsibility, fitness to stand trial, risk of violence and sexual violence, and assessments and care of individuals under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Review Board. She is also a member of the Ontario Review Board.

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