From Courtroom to Clinic

From Courtroom to Clinic Legal Cases That Changed Mental Health Treatment

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781108432658
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 344.044
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 250
Weight: 260g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 10mm