Law and the Mental Health SystemLaw and the Mental Health System

20142014 Christopher SloboginChristopher Slobogin

The new edition is enhanced by the addition of two new authors, Thomas L. Hafemeister, J.D., Ph.D., and Douglas Mossman, M.D. They join Christopher Slobogin, J.D., LL.M, and Ralph Reisner.

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Slobogin, Hafemeister, and Mossman's Law and the Mental Health System, Civil and Criminal Aspects, 6th offers a wide-ranging, in-depth coverage of how the legal system responds to challenges posed by persons with mental disorders. It features a sophisticated interdisciplinary treatment of the law and literature relating to regulation of the mental health professions, the government's authority to deprive people with mental disorders of their liberty and property and its obligation to provide support for people with mental disorders and protect them from discrimination. The new edition is enhanced by the addition of two new authors, Thomas L. Hafemeister, J.D., Ph.D., and Douglas Mossman, M.D. They join Christopher Slobogin, J.D., LL.M, and Ralph Reisner.

Law and the Mental Health SystemLaw and the Mental Health System

20092009 Christopher SloboginChristopher Slobogin

New with this edition are extensive materials on the Virginia Tech shooting, the Supreme Court opinions in Clark v. Arizona, Panetti v. Quarterman, and Indiana v.

Author: Christopher Slobogin

Publisher: West Academic Publishing

ISBN: 0314183647

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This leading textbook provides a comprehensive treatment of the law governing people with mental disability and the mental health professions. The fifth edition continues to provide teachable and thought-provoking legal, clinical and empirical materials for a number of different courses, including mental disability law, law and the mental health professions, and criminal mental health law. New with this edition are extensive materials on the Virginia Tech shooting, the Supreme Court opinions in Clark v. Arizona, Panetti v. Quarterman, and Indiana v. Edwards and recent case law on the right to refuse treatment, as well as updates on federal confidentiality rules; expertise/Daubert issues; civil commitment; competency, sexual predator, and capital sentencing law; and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the ADA. Accompanied by a teacher's manual.

Refusing CareRefusing Care

2010-02-152010-02-15 Elyn R. SaksElyn R. Saks

Law and the mental health system: Civil and criminal aspects. 2d ed. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group. Reisner, Ralph, Christopher Slobogin, and Arti Rai. 1999. Law and the mental health system: Civil and criminal aspects. 3d ed.

Author: Elyn R. Saks

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 9780226733999

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It has been said that how a society treats its least well-off members speaks volumes about its humanity. If so, our treatment of the mentally ill suggests that American society is inhumane: swinging between overintervention and utter neglect, we sometimes force extreme treatments on those who do not want them, and at other times discharge mentally ill patients who do want treatment without providing adequate resources for their care in the community. Focusing on overinterventionist approaches, Refusing Care explores when, if ever, the mentally ill should be treated against their will. Basing her analysis on case and empirical studies, Elyn R. Saks explores dilemmas raised by forced treatment in three contexts—civil commitment (forced hospitalization for noncriminals), medication, and seclusion and restraints. Saks argues that the best way to solve each of these dilemmas is, paradoxically, to be both more protective of individual autonomy and more paternalistic than current law calls for. For instance, while Saks advocates relaxing the standards for first commitment after a psychotic episode, she also would prohibit extreme mechanical restraints (such as tying someone spread-eagled to a bed). Finally, because of the often extreme prejudice against the mentally ill in American society, Saks proposes standards that, as much as possible, should apply equally to non-mentally ill and mentally ill people alike. Mental health professionals, lawyers, disability rights activists, and anyone who wants to learn more about the way the mentally ill are treated—and ought to be treated—in the United States should read Refusing Care.

Law Psychology and JusticeLaw Psychology and Justice

2002-01-012002-01-01 Christopher R. WilliamsChristopher R. Williams

Therapeutic jurisprudence and the civil rights of institutionalized mentally disabled persons : Hopeless oxymoron or path to redemption ? ... Law and the mental health system : Civil and criminal aspect ( 2nd Ed . ) .

Author: Christopher R. Williams

Publisher: SUNY Press

ISBN: 0791451836

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A provocative critique of the relationship between the legal system and psychology that uses chaos theory to offer a more humane alternative.

Mental Health Policy and Practice TodayMental Health Policy and Practice Today

1997-02-261997-02-26 Ted R. WatkinsTed R. Watkins

Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. ... House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, Bill Analysis, Tex. ... Law and the mental health system: Civil and criminal aspects (2nd ed.).

Author: Ted R. Watkins

Publisher: SAGE Publications

ISBN: 9781452249278

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The dynamic nature of mental health practice today is reflected in this informative and stimulating resource. The first section overviews societal and cost issues related to mental health problems. The contributors then focus on the expanding base of knowledge in the mental health field, such as that arising from neuroscientific and social research, psychoeducation, self-help and advocacy groups. The third section examines populations with special needs, including homeless people whose numbers have risen in recent years - due in part to their expulsion from institutional care. Finally, the volume discusses the future of mental health policy and practice, which will be influenced by technology and shifts in funding to manage