The Right to Refuse Mental Health Treatment

The Right to Refuse Mental Health Treatment
ISBN-10
1557983690
ISBN-13
9781557983695
Category
Medical
Pages
427
Language
English
Published
1997-01-01
Publisher
Amer Psychological Assn
Author
Bruce J. Winick

Description

"The Right to Refuse Mental Health Treatment" is the most comprehensive analysis in print of the legal issues raised by involuntary treatment. Under our legal system, the state has the right to impose mental health treatment on certain people--treatment that includes everything from psychotropic medication to shock therapy to psychosurgery. This book provides a systematic analysis of the mental health treatment techniques and the constitutional issues implicated by involuntary treatment.

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