Concept information
Terme préférentiel
mental health law
Définition(s)
- This entry traces the origins of mental health law, discussing its transition from a medical model to a legal model and considering recent trends. It examines several of the major topics in the field, including civil and criminal commitment, patients' rights, and criminal justice issues. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Mental Health Law]
Concept(s) générique(s)
Concept(s) spécifique(s)
- capacity to consent to treatment
- civil commitment
- consent to clinical research
- end-of-life issues
- forcible medication
- guardianship
- institutionalization and deinstitutionalization
- involuntary outpatient commitment
- mandated community treatment
- mental health courts
- mental health needs of juvenile offenders
- patient's rights
- proxy decision making
- psychiatric advance directives
- therapeutic jurisprudence
Appartient au groupe
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-PV5ZJZM0-P
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