Psychiatric management of legal defense in periodic commitment hearings

Psychiatric management of legal defense in periodic commitment hearings

Evidence from 94 periodic commitment hearings for patients in a state mental hospital shows that public defenders often engage in adversarial questioning of hospital psychiatrists. However, psychiatrists generally manage such resistance and document their diagnostic arguments for continued commitmen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social problems (Berkeley, Calif.) Calif.), 1987-04, Vol.34 (Apr 87), p.156-171
1. Verfasser: Decker, F H
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Expert witnesses
Florida
Inside knowledge
Mentally ill people
Periodic proceedings
Proceedings
Psychiatrists
Sectioning
Witnesses
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Zusammenfassung:Evidence from 94 periodic commitment hearings for patients in a state mental hospital shows that public defenders often engage in adversarial questioning of hospital psychiatrists. However, psychiatrists generally manage such resistance and document their diagnostic arguments for continued commitment by referring to observations of patients' behaviour or other events occurring within the privileged organisational domain of the hospital. (Abstract amended)
ISSN:0037-7791