From courtroom to clinic : legal cases that changed mental health treatment / edited by Peter Ash
Contributor(s): Ash, Peter [editor.].
Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, ©2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 170 p: 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781108432658; 1108432654; 9781108421515; 1108421512.Subject(s): Mental health laws | Mental health laws -- Cases | Insanity (Law) -- Legal status, laws, etc | Insanity (Law) -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Cases | Psychotherapy -- legislation & jurisprudence | Psychiatry -- legislation & jurisprudence | Mentally Ill Persons -- legislation & jurisprudence | Mental Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence | Forensic Psychiatry -- legislation & jurisprudence | United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RC480.5 .F76 2019 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000016316 |
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
"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"--Provided by publisher