Evaluation of Involuntary Outpatient Commitment in North Carolina
Author | : Gustavo Antonio Fernandez |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Community mental health services |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Gustavo Antonio Fernandez |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Community mental health services |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Rubin |
Publisher | : Indigent Defense Manual |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781560116646 |
View this manual, a reference in the School's Indigent Defense Manual Series, free of charge at defendermanuals.sog.unc.edu. The North Carolina Civil Commitment Manual is designed to assist the attorney representing a respondent or minor in civil commitment proceedings. It reviews North Carolina mental health and substance abuse laws pertaining to inpatient and outpatient commitments and admissions. It analyzes in depth the relevant statutes in Chapter 122C of the North Carolina General Statutes and applicable case law. It also discusses the collateral consequences resulting from commitment and the special provisions on commitment of respondents involved with the criminal justice system. Although the manual's focus is on commitments and admissions requiring judicial review, and thus on proceedings requiring the appointment of counsel, the manual is a clear, usable resource for anyone who works in this challenging area of law.
Author | : M. Susan Ridgely |
Publisher | : Rand Corporation |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780833029805 |
Many states have amended or interpreted their civil commitment statutes to allow for involuntary outpatient treatment.
Author | : Debra Pinals |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2012-01-05 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 019992144X |
Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA. The 19 topical volumes address best approaches to practice for particular types of evaluation in the criminal, civil and juvenile/family areas. Each volume contains a thorough discussion of the relevant legal and psychological concepts, followed by a step-by-step description of the assessment process from preparing for the evaluation to writing the report and testifying in court. Volumes include the following helpful features: - Boxes that zero in on important information for use in evaluations - Tips for best practice and cautions against common pitfalls - Highlighting of relevant case law and statutes - Separate list of assessment tools for easy reference - Helpful glossary of key terms for the particular topic In making recommendations for best practice, authors consider empirical support, legal relevance, and consistency with ethical and professional standards. These volumes offer invaluable guidance for anyone involved in conducting or using forensic evaluations. Evaluation for Civil Commitment gives readers comprehensive overview of the laws, policies, and evaluation practices focused on the civil commitment of persons with mental illness. This volume also provides ethical, clinical, and practical guidance for the clinician's role in such proceedings, including a summary of best practices for gathering information relevant to civil commitment hearings and providing testimony.
Author | : Candice Player |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 81 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Preventive outpatient commitment laws require people with mental illnesses to participate in mental health treatment before they meet the criteria for inpatient civil commitment -- clear and convincing evidence of mental illness and dangerousness to self or others. These laws apply to people who are chronically ill but not imminently dangerous. Most outpatient commitment laws do not require a judicial determination of incompetence, nor do they require a criminal charge or a criminal conviction. As such, outpatient commitment statutes unearth an old question on law, ethics, and the limits of prevention: under what circumstances can we impose substantial restraints on individual liberty because we believe a person is likely to harm himself or others before he actually has done so?Although most authors rest the moral justification for outpatient commitment on a mental impairment -- be it impaired insight, decisional-incapacity or incompetence to refuse treatment, this Article claims that government interventions into self-regarding harm and other-regarding harm require distinct moral justifications. When our primary concern is one of self-regarding harm, a court order to participate in outpatient treatment may be appropriate, but only for people with mental illnesses who are incompetent to make treatment decisions on their own. If, however, we are concerned about harm to others, a court order to participate in outpatient treatment may be appropriate, but only for people with mental illnesses who lack the moral capacities for criminal responsibility -- either because they are unlikely to appreciate the wrongfulness of their conduct or because they are unable to conform their conduct to the requirements of the law.
Author | : Gary B. Melton |
Publisher | : Guilford Press |
Total Pages | : 959 |
Release | : 2007-09-18 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 160623739X |
This is the definitive reference and text for both mental health and legal professionals. The authors offer a uniquely comprehensive discussion of the legal and clinical contexts of forensic assessment, along with best-practice guidelines for participating effectively and ethically in a wide range of criminal and civil proceedings. Presented are findings, instruments, and procedures related to criminal and civil competencies, civil commitment, sentencing, personal injury claims, antidiscrimination laws, child custody, juvenile justice, and more.
Author | : John Monahan |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1996-05-15 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780226534060 |
This study reviews two decades of research on mental disorder and presents empirical and theoretical work which aims to determine more accurate predictions of violent behaviour.
Author | : Deborah L. Dennis |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2013-06-29 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1475797273 |
Forced hospitalization of people with mental disorders has long been a critical issue in the mental health services. Coercion and Aggressive Community Treatment is the first sustained description and analysis of what happens when `aggressive' treatment becomes `coerced' treatment. Mental health professionals poignantly discuss the tension they feel between wanting to do everything to treat desperately ill people and the need to respect the rights of these same people who want to make their own decisions, even if this means forgoing treatment.
Author | : Connecticut. Task Force to Study Issues Relating to Involuntary Outpatient Commitment and Alternatives |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Alternatives to psychiatric hospitalization |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Gary B. Melton |
Publisher | : Guilford Publications |
Total Pages | : 994 |
Release | : 2017-12-22 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1462532667 |
Tens of thousands of readers have relied on this leading text and practitioner reference--now revised and updated--to understand the issues the legal system most commonly asks mental health professionals to address. Highly readable, the volume demystifies the forensic psychological assessment process and provides guidelines for participating effectively and ethically in legal proceedings. Presented are clinical and legal concepts and evidence-based assessment procedures pertaining to criminal and civil competencies, the insanity defense and related doctrines, sentencing, civil commitment, personal injury claims, antidiscrimination laws, child custody, juvenile justice, and other justice-related areas. Case examples, exercises, and a glossary facilitate learning; 19 sample reports illustrate how to conduct and write up thorough, legally admissible evaluations. New to This Edition *Extensively revised to reflect important legal, empirical, and clinical developments. *Increased attention to medical and neuroscientific research. *New protocols relevant to competence, risk assessment, child custody, and mental injury evaluations. *Updates on insanity, sentencing, civil commitment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Social Security, juvenile and family law, and the admissibility of expert testimony. *Material on immigration law (including a sample report) and international law. *New and revised sample reports.