From Courtroom to Clinic
Legal Cases that Changed Mental Health Treatment

Tells the human story of the litigants involved in landmark legal cases that changed how mental health treatment is practiced.

Peter Ash (Edited by)

9781108432658, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 February 2019

182 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1 cm, 0.26 kg

'From Courtroom to Clinic is a landmark work from the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry. This highly readable, well researched authoritative book presents the eleven most significant landmark court cases that have changed mental health law and shaped mental health practice in a compelling presentation of the human stories behind these cases.' David A. Adler, Tufts University School of Medicine, Massachusetts

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.

Introduction
1. Raising American standards in the treatment of persons with mental illness Wyatt vs. Stickney (1972) Susan Hatters Friedman
2. The limits of hospitalization after commitment O'Connor vs. Donaldson (1975) Deborah Giorgi-Guarnieri
3. Who speaks for the children? Parham vs. J. L & J. R. (1979) Peter Ash
4. The right to refuse treatment Rogers vs. Commissioner of Department of Mental Health (1983) Alec Buchanan
5. The least restrictive alternative Olmstead vs. L. C. & E. W. (1999) Megan Testa
6. Informed consent Canterbury vs. Spence (1972) Debra A. Pinals
7. End of life decision making Cruzan vs. Director, Missouri Department of Health (1990) Richard Martinez
8. Prohibiting psychiatrist-patient sex Roy vs. Hartogs (1976) Jacob M. Appel
9. Psychotherapist-patient privilege Jaffee vs. Redmond (1996) Jacob M. Appel
10. Protecting others from dangerous patients Tarasoff vs. Regents of the University of California (1976) Phillip J. Resnick
11. The insanity defense US vs. Hinckley (1982) Alan W. Newman
Conclusion
Index.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Mental health services [MBPK], Legal skills & practice [LAS]