Coercion and Aggressive Community Treatment A New Frontier in Mental Health Law |
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| Editor:
| Dennis, Deborah L.
Monahan, John |
| Series title: | The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4757-9729-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2013 |
| Publisher: | Springer
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $109.99 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionForced 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.