From courtroom to clinic : legal cases that changed mental health treatment
Title:
From courtroom to clinic : legal cases that changed mental health treatment
Author:
Ash, Peter, 1947- éditeur intellectuel.
ISBN:
9781108432658
9781108421515
Physical Description:
xiii, 170 pages ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Raising American standards in the treatment of persons with mental illness Wyatt vs. Stickney (1972) / Susan Hatters Friedman -- The limits of hospitalization after commitment O'Connor vs. Donaldson (1975) / Deborah Giorgi-Guarnieri -- Who speaks for the children? : Parham vs. J. L & J. R. (1979) / Peter Ash -- The right to refuse treatment : Rogers vs. Commissioner of Department of Mental Health (1983) / Alec Buchanan -- The least restrictive alternative : Olmstead vs. L. C. & E. W. (1999) / Megan Testa -- Informed consent : Canterbury vs. Spence (1972) / Debra A. Pinals -- End of life decision making : Cruzan vs. Director, Missouri Department of Health (1990) / Richard Martinez -- Prohibiting psychiatrist-patient sex : Roy vs. Hartogs (1976) / Jacob M. Appel -- Psychotherapist-patient privilege : Jaffee vs. Redmond (1996) / Jacob M. Appel -- Protecting others from dangerous patients : Tarasoff vs. Regents of the University of California (1976) / Phillip J. Resnick -- The insanity defense : US vs. Hinckley (1982) / Alan W. Newman.
Abstract:
"Why do present-day mental health professionals practice the way that they do? Over the past fifty years, a number of landmark court holdings have changed such basic principles as what material is confidential, how civil commitment and involuntary treatment are conducted, and when a therapist has a duty to protect the public from a dangerous patient. Unlike most legal texts, this volume explores these complex principles through the human stories of the litigants involved"--Résumé de l'éditeur.
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