Title: Mental health and law : research, policy, and services /
Authors: Shah, Saleem A. 1931-1992; Sales, Bruce Dennis; Shah, Saleem A. 1931-1992.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Forensic Psychiatry; Mental Disorders; Mental health laws United States; Insanity (Law) United States; United States
Contents: Definition and perspective in mental health and law interactions / Bruce D. Sales and Saleem A. Shah -- Civil commitment of the mentally ill: research, policy and practice / Mary L. Durham -- Does involuntary outpatient commitment work? / Kathleen A. Maloy -- Research on the law and practice of guardianship / Phillip B. Tor and Bruce D. Sales -- Clinical assessments for legal decisionmaking in criminal cases: research recommendations / Thomas Grisso -- Treatment for forensic patients / Marnie E. Rice, Grant T. Harris and Vernon L. Quinsey.