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Judicial Intervention As A Psychiatric Therapy Tool, Eleanor A. Blackley Jan 1966

Judicial Intervention As A Psychiatric Therapy Tool, Eleanor A. Blackley

Cleveland State Law Review

Commitment to a mental institution by itself does not, in all states, suspend civil rights. The court psychiatric unit is an early outpost of a preventive, coordinative venture which gives, at long last, practical humane expression to protection of and consideration for the civil rights of the mentally ill adult involuntary patient whose condition obstructs his capacity to demand such safeguards himself. Persons suffering from mental disorders are frequently too disabled to claim their civil rights themselves.


Greenberg: Race Relations And American Law, Spencer L. Kimball May 1960

Greenberg: Race Relations And American Law, Spencer L. Kimball

Michigan Law Review

A Review of RACE RELATIONS AND AMERICAN LAW. By Jack Greenberg.


Civil Liberties And The Mentally Ill, Thomas S. Szasz Jan 1960

Civil Liberties And The Mentally Ill, Thomas S. Szasz

Cleveland State Law Review

Here are two basic ways in which a person may assume the social role of "mental patient." First, it may be assumed voluntarily, meaning that the role is self-defined. Second, it may be foisted upon a person against his will. This means that a person may be defined as "mentally ill" by someone other than himself. This definition, then, if properly implemented, may become generally accepted or socially verified. I shall limit myself here to calling attention to certain ethical and legal aspects of the psychiatrist's involvement with the second class of "mentally ill" patients.


Civil Rights And Mental Hospital Administration, Ewing H. Crawfis Jan 1960

Civil Rights And Mental Hospital Administration, Ewing H. Crawfis

Cleveland State Law Review

Let us start our discussion by indicating a frame of reference for the comments we wish to give about civil rights. Our discussion will relate primarily to patients, who have been hospitalized for the observation and treatment of mental illness. It is also based on the statutes in Ohio and on the practice in the courts and more especially in the receiving hospitals and state hospitals in Ohio. The receiving hospitals admit a high percentage of voluntary patients, whereas the state hospitals admit patients who have been committed.