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The Theory And Practice Of Civil Commitment, Andrew Scull Feb 1984

The Theory And Practice Of Civil Commitment, Andrew Scull

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Court of Last Resort: Mental Illness and the Law by Carol A.B. Warren, contributions by Stephen J. Morse and Jack Zusman


The Insanity Plea: The Uses And Abuses Of The Insanity Defense, Michigan Law Review Feb 1984

The Insanity Plea: The Uses And Abuses Of The Insanity Defense, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Insanity Plea: The Uses and Abuses of the Insanity Defense by William J. Winslade and Judith Wilson Ross


Equality, "Anisonomy," And Justice: A Review Of Madness And The Criminal Law, Andrew Von Hirsch Feb 1984

Equality, "Anisonomy," And Justice: A Review Of Madness And The Criminal Law, Andrew Von Hirsch

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Madness and the Criminal Law by Norval Morris


The Propriety Of Denying Entry To Homosexual Aliens: Examining The Public Health Service's Authority Over Medical Exclusions, Robert Poznanski Jan 1984

The Propriety Of Denying Entry To Homosexual Aliens: Examining The Public Health Service's Authority Over Medical Exclusions, Robert Poznanski

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note defends the position that the PHS has the authority to define homosexuality for the purpose of the section 212(a)(4) exclusion, and that the PHS definition is binding upon the INS. Therefore, the PHS's decision to refuse to examine aliens for homosexuality precludes the INS from excluding aliens on that basis. Part I of this Note traces the history of the policy of excluding homosexual aliens. Part II maintains that, regardless of the psychiatric profession's interpretation of ''psychopathic personality,'' Congress intended the expression to encompass homosexuality. Part III contends that Congress intended to empower the PHS to change its …


"Mind Control," " Synthetic Sanity," "Artificial Competence," And Genuine Confusion: Legally Relevant Effects Of Antipsychotic Medication, Thomas G. Gutheil M.D., Paul S. Applebaum M.D. Jan 1983

"Mind Control," " Synthetic Sanity," "Artificial Competence," And Genuine Confusion: Legally Relevant Effects Of Antipsychotic Medication, Thomas G. Gutheil M.D., Paul S. Applebaum M.D.

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.


Evaluating Michigan's Guilty But Mentally Ill Verdict: An Empirical Study, Gare A. Smith, James A. Hall Oct 1982

Evaluating Michigan's Guilty But Mentally Ill Verdict: An Empirical Study, Gare A. Smith, James A. Hall

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Because Michigan's GBMI statute has been in effect for several years, enough data exists to assess the statute's use and practical effect. The purpose of this Project is to evaluate the statute and thus provide guidance for those legislatures considering similar proposals. This Project concludes that the new verdict has completely failed in its intended purpose. Part I describes the statute's history, legislative purpose, and procedural mechanics. Part II analyzes the displacing effect of the GBMI verdict on other verdicts, and sets forth empirical data on the disparate characteristics of defendants who raise the insanity defense and are subsequently found …


Joseph P. Reser's Review Of R. L. Kirk's Aboriginal Man Adapting: The Human Biology Of Australian Aborigines, Joseph P. Reser Sep 1982

Joseph P. Reser's Review Of R. L. Kirk's Aboriginal Man Adapting: The Human Biology Of Australian Aborigines, Joseph P. Reser

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Mental Health Law: Major Issues, Michigan Law Review Mar 1982

Mental Health Law: Major Issues, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Mental Health Law: Major Issues by David B. Wexler


Cults, Deprogrammers, And The Necessity Defense, Michigan Law Review Dec 1981

Cults, Deprogrammers, And The Necessity Defense, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This Note considers the applicability of the necessity defense in criminal prosecutions of parents and deprogrammers. Part I explores the conflicting policies that underlie the traditional necessity defense, and suggests that courts replace their unitary approach to necessity with a "choice of evils" defense - for actors reasonably attempting to avoid a greater evil - and a "compulsion" defense - for actors reacting understandably to the pressure of circumstances. Part II applies these defenses to deprogramming cases, and concludes that rarely may they be advanced successfully.


Burton G. Burton-Bradley Review Of John F. Mcdermott, Jr., Wen-Shing Tseng, And Thomas W. Maretzki, People And Cultures Of Hawaii: A Psychocultural Profile, Burton G. Burton-Bradley Sep 1981

Burton G. Burton-Bradley Review Of John F. Mcdermott, Jr., Wen-Shing Tseng, And Thomas W. Maretzki, People And Cultures Of Hawaii: A Psychocultural Profile, Burton G. Burton-Bradley

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Involvement In Leisure Activities By Mental Health Center Clients And Non-Clients, David H. Roby Apr 1981

Involvement In Leisure Activities By Mental Health Center Clients And Non-Clients, David H. Roby

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

A survey on the level and frequency of leisure activity in individuals getting clinical aid was compared with that of individuals not presently contemplating or receiving such help. The subjects, 26 females and 24 males in each group, responded to a questionnaire which requested information regarding demographics, and the rate (days per week), and duration (minutes per day), or participation in selected leisure activities. As was expected, based on Galsser's concept of Positive Addiction, the nonclinical group showed significantly more involvement in activities rated as possible Positive Addictions. No significant difference was found between groups on absolute numbers of leisure …


Conscience And Convenience: The Asylum And Its Alternatives In Progressive America, Michigan Law Review Mar 1981

Conscience And Convenience: The Asylum And Its Alternatives In Progressive America, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Conscience and Convenience: The Asylum and Its Alternatives in Progressive America by David J. Rothman


Beating A Rap? Defendants Found Incompetent To Stand Trial, Michigan Law Review Mar 1981

Beating A Rap? Defendants Found Incompetent To Stand Trial, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Beating a Rap? Defendants Found Incompetent To Stand Trial by Henry J. Steadman


Mental Disabilities And Criminal Responsibility, Michigan Law Review Mar 1981

Mental Disabilities And Criminal Responsibility, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Mental Disabilities and Criminal Responsibility by Herbert Fingarette and Ann Fingarette Hasse


Mental Health Status Of Vietnamese Refugees In Utah County, Utah, David A. Acree Jan 1981

Mental Health Status Of Vietnamese Refugees In Utah County, Utah, David A. Acree

Theses and Dissertations

This study attempted to measure mental health status of Vietnamese refugees in Utah County, Utah. The test instrument used was the Cornell Medical Index (CMI). Two subproblems were considered: First, to see if refugee complaints on the CMI were predominantly physiological or psychological. Second, to see if there was a relationship between CMI scores and a related list of demographic variables.

Results showed the mean CMI score for the sample under study was well above the suggested score indicative of possible psychological dysfunction. For 80% of participants, psychological complaints were predominant over physical complaints. The only variables showing a relationship …


Coping With Stress Following A Natural Disaster: The Volcanic Eruption Of Mt. St. Helens, Shirley Ann Murphy Jan 1981

Coping With Stress Following A Natural Disaster: The Volcanic Eruption Of Mt. St. Helens, Shirley Ann Murphy

Dissertations and Theses

This study focuses on the coping responses of the bereaved immediate family and close friends of persons who died as a result of the volcanic eruption of Mt. St. Helens in southwestern Washington on May 18, 1980. Three major research questions were addressed: Is there a relationship between illness and three life events: presumed death of a close relative or friend, confirmed death of a close relative or friend, and loss of one's permanent of recreational residence? Do self-efficacy and social supports act as intervening variables to buffer the negative effects of stress on one's health when coping with loss? …


An Invitation To The Dance: An Empirical Response To Chief Justice Warren Burger’S ‘Time-Consuming Procedural Minuets’ Theory In Parham V. J.R., Michael L. Perlin Jan 1981

An Invitation To The Dance: An Empirical Response To Chief Justice Warren Burger’S ‘Time-Consuming Procedural Minuets’ Theory In Parham V. J.R., Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Criminally Committed Mental Patient Services: A Task Force Report, Roger V. Endell, John E. Havelock Jun 1980

Criminally Committed Mental Patient Services: A Task Force Report, Roger V. Endell, John E. Havelock

Reports

Until 1980, criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity were committed under contract, at the discretion of the Alaska Division of Mental Health, to Atascadero State Hospital in California, a facility suitable to longer-term care of persons needing a secure setting. Changes in California state policy foreclosed this option. The most likely facility in Alaska that could accommodate this class of patients was Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) in Anchorage; however, introduction of a few new patients with special security needs would have impacts on existing programs of the Institute. This report presents recommendations …


A Review Of The Conflict Between Community-Based Group Homes For The Mentally Retarded And Restrictive Zoning, Jane E. Reiner Apr 1980

A Review Of The Conflict Between Community-Based Group Homes For The Mentally Retarded And Restrictive Zoning, Jane E. Reiner

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Mental Health Professionals In The Criminal Process: The Case For Informed Speculation, Christopher Slobogin, Richard J. Bonnie Apr 1980

The Role Of Mental Health Professionals In The Criminal Process: The Case For Informed Speculation, Christopher Slobogin, Richard J. Bonnie

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

In this article we have attempted to make the case for continued participation by appropriately qualified mental health professionals in the adjudication of reconstructive subjective issues of the criminal law. In Part I, we outlined the reasons why imprecision and speculation is and must be tolerated in doctrines of exculpation and mitigation. In Part II, we developed the case for evidentiary rules which permit "informed speculation" by qualified clinical experts so as to enable defendants to explore and present subjective defenses and assist triers of fact to assess the plausibility and significance of such claims. We recognize that many mental …


Public Law 94-103: An Implied Private Right Of Action To Enforce The Right To Treatment For Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Persons, John Cahalan Apr 1979

Public Law 94-103: An Implied Private Right Of Action To Enforce The Right To Treatment For Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Persons, John Cahalan

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Rise Of Prisons And The Origins Of The Rehabilitative Ideal, Carl E. Schneider Mar 1979

The Rise Of Prisons And The Origins Of The Rehabilitative Ideal, Carl E. Schneider

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Discovery of the Asylum: Social Order and Disorder in the New Republic by David J. Rothman


Psychiatric Clinics For Egyptian School Children Focus: The Garden City Psychiatric Clinic Of Cairo, Claire Fahim Gobrial Jan 1979

Psychiatric Clinics For Egyptian School Children Focus: The Garden City Psychiatric Clinic Of Cairo, Claire Fahim Gobrial

Faculty Book Chapters

We present in this issue of The Cairo Papers a broad spectrum of articles dealing with the children of Egypt and their families; each article has a research base in the real world of childhood and each in its own way sug­gests trends for further work in both research and applied areas in child de­velopment. Ciaccio's paper consists of an integrated set of recommendations based on action-oriented research sponsored by UNICEF- it is clear from a reading of his paper that the International Year of The Child is not simply another 'UN year' but rather a point of departure from …


Child Mental Health In Egypt, Nahed Waines Jan 1979

Child Mental Health In Egypt, Nahed Waines

Faculty Book Chapters

We present in this issue of The Cairo Papers a broad spectrum of articles dealing with the children of Egypt and their families; each article has a research base in the real world of childhood and each in its own way sug­gests trends for further work in both research and applied areas in child de­velopment. Ciaccio's paper consists of an integrated set of recommendations based on action-oriented research sponsored by UNICEF- it is clear from a reading of his paper that the International Year of The Child is not simply another 'UN year' but rather a point of departure from …


"We're Only Trying To Help": The Burden And Standard Of Proof In Short-Term Civil Commitment, Lynne N. Henderson Jan 1979

"We're Only Trying To Help": The Burden And Standard Of Proof In Short-Term Civil Commitment, Lynne N. Henderson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


The Constitutionality Of Michigan's Guilty But Mentally Ill Verdict, John M. Grostic Oct 1978

The Constitutionality Of Michigan's Guilty But Mentally Ill Verdict, John M. Grostic

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This article will assess the constitutionality of the statute providing for a GBMI verdict by examining the likely, impact of this statute on the constitutional rights of legally insane defendants. Part I will briefly outline the relevant provisions of the GBMI statute. Part II will consider whether legally insane defendants have a constitutional right to an insanity defense. Part III will then argue that some defendants, though legally insane at the time they committed allegedly criminal acts, will nevertheless be found GBMI rather than NGRI.


Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 2, No. 8 (September 1978), Peter Smith Ring, James C. Hornaday, N/A Uaa Criminal Justice Center Sep 1978

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 2, No. 8 (September 1978), Peter Smith Ring, James C. Hornaday, N/A Uaa Criminal Justice Center

Vols 01-10 (1977-1994)

The September 1978 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum leads with an article proposing alternatives to the exclusionary rule, which requires the suppression of evidence resulting from unconstitutional searches and seizures. Homer District Court Judge James C. Hornaday describes current trends in criminal law. The decision of the Alaska Supreme Court in William A. Rust v. State of Alaska (584 P.2d 38 (1978)) in regards to rights of prisoners to psychological or psychiatric treatment is discussed. Additional articles discuss community service as an alternative sentence and a nationwide study involving 30 police departments on predicting success in clearing burglary cases. …


Parent Education: Its Impact On Parental Well-Being, Jean M. Anderson Jan 1978

Parent Education: Its Impact On Parental Well-Being, Jean M. Anderson

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

The study understood to determine the effect parent training program have on parental mental well-being and whether the reason parents enter training affects their initial level of mental well-being or the outcome of the training. A review of the research literature reveals that parents are the appropriate subjects to train to change children's behavior and personalities. The literature does not support the theory that parents cause children's behavior and personalities, but we can conclude that parents are a definite, important influence in these areas. In the process of learning to impact their children, the parents participating in parent education programs …


Referrals To Mental Health Treatment Facilities, Laura A. Dummit Jan 1978

Referrals To Mental Health Treatment Facilities, Laura A. Dummit

Honors Papers

This paper is organized into three main sections. The first is a review of the literature which serves as a theoretical background for this research. Social context is examined with its implications for defining problems in terms of mental or emotional concerns. Certain personal limitations on seeking help are discussed. The literature dealing with specific referral sources to mental health treatment are examined. The second section contains impressions gained from interviews with mental health professionals about the importance of the referral source on their evaluations of a client. They responded to questions about what people come to them, what information …


The Mental Health Needs Of The Moderately Mentally Retarded Individual And The Family, Carol Ann Baglin Jan 1978

The Mental Health Needs Of The Moderately Mentally Retarded Individual And The Family, Carol Ann Baglin

Theses

The general setting for this study was a typical special education site serving the severely handicapped in Los Angeles County, between the ages of three to twenty-one. The discussions refer to those individuals whose psychological evaluations , using the Stanford- Binet Intelligence Scale , the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised, or the Leiter International Intelligence Scale, place them within the range of the moderately retarded and cause them to warrant an educational setting that serves such individuals. The families reside in Los Angeles County and generally fall within the lower to middle economic strata , with approximately 55% qualifying …