The Involuntary Civil Commitment Process in Chicago
Author: Richard Van Duizend
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 52
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Author: Richard Van Duizend
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Joel Zimmerman
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 205
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 244
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul S. Appelbaum
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780195068801
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDoubts about the reality of mental illness and the benefits of psychiatric treatment helped foment a revolution in the law's attitude toward mental disorders over the last 25 years. Legal reformers pushed for laws to make it more difficult to hospitalize and treat people with mental illness, and easier to punish them when they committed criminal acts. Advocates of reform promised vast changes in how our society deals with the mentally ill; opponents warily predicted chaos and mass suffering. Now, with the tide of reform ebbing, Paul Appelbaum examines what these changes have wrought. The message emerging from his careful review is a surprising one: less has changed than almost anyone predicted. When the law gets in the way of commonsense beliefs about the need to treat serious mental illness, it is often put aside. Judges, lawyers, mental health professionals, family members, and the general public collaborate in fashioning an extra-legal process to accomplish what they think is fair for persons with mental illness. Appelbaum demonstrates this thesis in analyses of four of the most important reforms in mental health law over the past two decades: involuntary hospitalization, liability of professionals for violent acts committed by their patients, the right to refuse treatment, and the insanity defense. This timely and important work will inform and enlighten the debate about mental health law and its implications and consequences. The book will be essential for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, lawyers, and all those concerned with our policies toward people with mental illness.
Author: National Task Force on Guidelines for Involuntary Civil Commitment
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 234
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 209
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dinah Miller
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2016-11
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 1421420783
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Committed, psychiatrists Dinah Miller and Annette Hanson offer a thought-provoking and engaging account of the controversy surrounding involuntary psychiatric care in the United States. They bring the issue to life with first-hand accounts from patients, clinicians, advocates, and opponents. Looking at practices such as seclusion and restraint, involuntary medication, and involuntary electroconvulsive therapy--all within the context of civil rights--
Author: Robert Desle Miller
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 292
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Elizabeth H. Stann
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 148
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael L. Perlin
Publisher: Lexis Law Publishing (Va)
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 664
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