Advance statements documenting mental health service consumers' preferences for
treatment during a future mental health crisis or period of incapacity have gained currency in …

The high prevalence of adults with psychotic disorders in the criminal justice system has
received much attention recently, but our understanding of this problem is marked by …

The data surveyed in this book suggest that psychiatric drug treatment is currently
administered on the basis of ahuge collective myth; the myth that psychiatric drugs act by …

Objective: In response to the large-scale involvement of people with mental disorders in the
criminal justice system, many communities have created specialized mental health courts in …

Far-reaching structural changes have been made in the mental health system. Many
severely mentally ill persons who come to the attention of law enforcement now receive their …

Background: Questions concerning non-consensual treatment in mental health services
have assumed an increased salience. In significant part, this has been due to changes in …

Abstract Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a well-defined service delivery model for
the care and treatment of the most severely mentally ill in the community. We have opted for …

Purpose Some patients criticize coercive mental health treatment using extremely strong
words. This may be connected to poor therapeutic relationships and unfavourable treatment …

Objective: Studies show a high potential demand for psychiatric advance directives but low
completion rates. The authors conducted a randomized study of a structured, manualized …

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ResearchforOutstanding Social Work Book AwardMad Science argues that the fundamental …