Competence, condemnation, and commitment : an integrated theory of mental health law /

Competence, condemnation, and commitment : an integrated theory of mental health law /

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Author / Creator:	Schopp, Robert F.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©2001.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	The law and public policy Law and public policy.
Subject:	Mental health laws -- United States. Insanity (Law) -- United States. Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- United States. Mentally ill offenders -- United States. Commitment of Mentally Ill -- legislation & jurisprudence. Professional Autonomy. Insanity (Law) Mental health laws. Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention. Mentally ill offenders. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11135300

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Other authors / contributors:	American Psychological Association.
ISBN:	9781557987457 1557987459
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. English. Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection. Print version record.
Summary:	The central institutions of mental health law treat individuals with mental illness differently than others. However, institutions rarely provide a clear conception of mental illness or a clear justification for differential treatment. In this book, the author creates a bold new framework for examining the major intersections between legal institutions and the idea of mental illness. In doing so, he reviews various efforts to reconcile involuntary commitment with the right to refuse treatment or to elevate one power or right over the other. He also advances a compelling case for requiring, as a prerequisite to commitment, a determination of decisional incompetence. Throughout the book, the author uses hypothetical actors with given mental traits, disorders, or diseases and specified behavioral patterns for comparative analysis and differentiation. By using these fictional characters, he both demonstrates and critiques the operations of the various components of mental health law. The volume clarifies the respective roles and responsibilities of legal actors, clinicians, and social scientists and offers guidance concerning the appropriate relationships among these roles and responsibilities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).
Other form:	Schopp, Robert F. Competence, condemnation, and commitment (print)

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Summary:	Central institutions of mental health law rarely provide a clear conception of mental illness or a clear justification for the differential treatment given to those with mental illness. This book creates a bold new framework for examining the major intersections between legal institutions and the idea of mental illness. Efforts to reconcile involuntary commitment with the right to refuse treatment are reviewed, along with a compelling case for requiring, as a prerequisite to commitment, a determination of decisional incompetence.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages).
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	9781557987457 1557987459