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Law and the Mental Health System Civil and Criminal Aspects

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ISBN-10: 0314183647

ISBN-13: 9780314183644

Edition: 5th 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Christopher Slobogin, Arti Rai, Ralph Reisner

List price: $209.00
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This leading textbook provides a comprehensive treatment of the law governing people with mental disability and the mental health professions. The fifth edition continues to provide teachable and thought-provoking legal, clinical and empirical materials for a number of different courses, including mental disability law, law and the mental health professions, and criminal mental health law. New with this edition are extensive materials on the Virginia Tech shooting, the Supreme Court opinions in Clark v. Arizona, Panetti v. Quarterman, and Indiana v. Edwards and recent case law on the right to refuse treatment, as well as updates on federal confidentiality rules; expertise/Daubert issues;…    
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Book details

List price: $209.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: West Academic
Publication date: 10/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1435
Size: 7.75" wide x 10.25" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 5.500
Language: English

Gary B. Melton, PhD, is Director of the Institute for Families in Society, Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, and Adjunct Professor of Law, Pediatrics, and Psychology at the University of South Carolina. John Petrila, JD, LLM, is Professor and Chair, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute, at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Norman G. Poythress, PhD, is Professor and Research Director, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute, at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Christopher Slobogin, JD, LLM, is Professor, Alumni Research Scholar, and Associate Dean of Law at the University of Florida…