Almost a Revolution

Mental Health Law and the Limits of Change

Inbunden, Engelska, 1994

883 kr

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Beskrivning

The major mental health reforms of the last generation in the U.S.A. have given rise to much discussion and often heated debate; but have they actually produced any real changes? This book is the first overview of this controversial subject - and the author's appraisal of the consequences of these reforms is surprising. Changes which were originally aimed at making it more difficult to hospitalize and treat people with mental illness, and easier to punish them, have actually resulted in far less change than was predicted or intended. This stimulating book argues that, when the law contradicted commonsense ideas of how to deal with the mentally ill, it was bent or ignored, whether by judges, medical professionals, or family members.

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Utgivningsdatum:1994-09-01
Mått:163 x 244 x 21 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195068801

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Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., is Arnold Frank Zeleznik Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, and Director of the Law and Psychiatry Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. He has served as chair of the American Psychiatric Association's Council on Psychiatry and Law and Commission on Judicial Action, and is a member of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on Mental Healthand the Law. In 1990, Dr. Appelbaum received the Isaac Ray Award of the American Psychiatric Association for "outstanding contributions to forensic psychiatry and the psychiatric aspects of jurisprudence."

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This is an excellent book

Innehållsförteckning

1: Setting the Stage for Reform 2: Involuntary Commitment of the Mentally Ill: Civil Liberties and Common Sense 3: Duty to Protect Potential Victims of Patients' Violence: Public Peril vs. Protective Privilege 4: Right to Refuse Treatment with Medication: Consent, Coercion, and the Courts 5: The Insanity Defense: Moral Blameworthiness and Criminal Punishment 6: The Consequences of Reform in Mental Health Law

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