Law and the Mental Health System
Author | : Ralph Reisner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 696 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Insanity (Law) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ralph Reisner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 696 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Insanity (Law) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ralph Reisner |
Publisher | : West Academic Publishing |
Total Pages | : 1384 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
Noted authorities, professors Ralph Reisner and Christopher Slobogin, interpret the legal doctrine relating to the regulation of mental health professions. Their analysis is augmented by coverage of relevant empirical and clinical literature. The relationship between society and the mentally disabled is also explored.
Author | : Peter Bartlett |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 735 |
Release | : 2007-03-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 019927827X |
Examining the legal structure of the mental health system, this book explains the legal principles. It places them in the context of their practical application, the realities of patient life, and the complexities of organising care. This edition gives an analysis of the Mental Capacity Act, 2005 and the Draft Mental Health Bill.
Author | : JOHN E.B. MYERS |
Publisher | : West Academic Publishing |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2019-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781684674787 |
Mental illness and intellectual disability (formerly called mental retardation) impact 20% of Americans, and have enormous personal, legal, and policy implications for patients, families, and society. This Nutshell introduces you to the broad range of criminal and civil issues in mental health law, including diagnosis of mental illness; expert testimony on mental health issues; civil commitment; competence to stand trial; the insanity defense; various competencies; ethical/legal issues facing mental health professionals, including informed consent, confidentiality, privilege, and malpractice; discrimination against persons with mental illness; financial and medical benefits for disabled persons.
Author | : Stephen H. Behnke |
Publisher | : W W Norton & Company Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780393703085 |
Answers to 300 questions most relevant to mental-health practice in New York State.
Author | : Christopher Slobogin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Insanity (Law) |
ISBN | : 9780314267290 |
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.
Author | : Michael Ashley Stein |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 451 |
Release | : 2021-09-02 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1108838855 |
Provides practical solutions for ending coercion in mental health care and realizing the universal right to legal capacity.
Author | : Christopher Slobogin |
Publisher | : West Academic Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Insanity (Law) |
ISBN | : 9780314183644 |
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.
Author | : Alan A. Stone |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Forensic psychiatry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Stephen H. Behnke |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780393702507 |
Trainees consistently mentioned how helpful it was to have laws relevant to their clinical practice explained in a way that removed the mystery and anxiety associated with lawyers, courts, and judges. Each volume in the series sets forth, in a clear, straightforward, and user-friendly manner, pertinent legislation and court cases, covering why the law was written, what the law says, and how the law affects clinical practice.