PSY BEH 102C Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Malingering, Deinstitutionalisation, Therapeutic Jurisprudence
1 Apr 2017
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Managing care for people with serious mental illness requires a balance between. Lecture 17 several things: patient"s rights as an individual, patient"s individual safety, society"s right to safety and security. These factors may be difficult to determine. Such laws and definitions of mental illness vary by state. General criteria: person is dangerous to self or others, grave disability- inability to care for self, person has a mental illness and needs treatment. Governmental authority over civil commitment: police power. Health, welfare, safety of society: parens patriae. A person receives care to prevent them from being a danger. Mental health professionals and police offers (in most states) can have someone committed for a psychiatric evaluation (72 hour hold) in cases of immediate danger. This determination is made by a judge. In california, certification review hearings are required for further future holds. You have the right to a writ of habeas corpus hearing.
