From courtroom to clinic : legal cases that changed mental
From courtroom to clinic : legal cases that changed mental
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019
- xiii, 170p
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.
9781108432658
Mental health services
Legislation
Mental health
Law
WM 32
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.
9781108432658
Mental health services
Legislation
Mental health
Law
WM 32