Mental patients and the law

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD = 1
• CHAPTER Ⅰ
• Ⅰ WHAT IS COMMITMENT = 7
• A. Civil Commitment = 7
• B. Voluntary Admission = 11
• C. Criminal Commitment = 12
• 1. Unfit to Stand Trial = 13
• 2. The Insanity Defence = 14
• 3. Convicted Criminals and Commitment = 19
• 4. Lieutenant Governors Warrants = 20
• 5. Sexual Offender's = 21
• CHAPTER Ⅱ
• Ⅱ HOW IS MENTAL HEALTH DEFINED = 23
• A. Sane and Insane = 23
• B. Diagnosis = 25
• C. Behavioural Factors Influencing Diagnosis = 28
• 1. Public vs. Private = 29
• 2. Social and Economic = 30
• 3. Context = 31
• 4. Danger to Others = 32
• 5. Danger to Self : Suicide = 33
• 6. Importance of the Layman = 36
• D. The Issue of Due Process in Commitment = 38
• CHAPTER Ⅲ
• Ⅲ MENTAL INSTITUTIONS = 41
• A. History = 41
• B. Professions Involved in Institutions = 43
• C. The Right to Treatment = 47
• D. Types of Treatment = 48
• E. The Right of Consent to Treatment = 50
• 1. Rights of General Patients = 50
• 2. Rights of Mental Patients = 54
• F. Conditions of Release = 61
• G. Conclusion = 62
• CHAPTER Ⅳ
• Ⅳ MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS LOST BY MENTAL PATIENTS = 65
• A. Jobs = 66
• B. Confidentiality = 67
• C. Communication = 68
• D. Driving Licence = 69
• E. Voting = 70
• F. Financial Affairs = 71
• G. The Stigma of Mental Institutionalization = 72
• CHAPTER Ⅴ
• Ⅴ PROVINCIAL CIVIL COMMITMENT LAWS = 75
• A. Ontario = 76
• 1. Key Definitions = 76
• 2. Factors Governing Admission = 76
• 3. Factors Relating to Discharge = 79
• B. Quebec = 80
• 1. Key Definitions = 80
• 2. Factors in Admission = 80
• 3. Psychiatric Examinations = 81
• 4. Factors in Discharge = 82
• 5. What Police are Asked to Do = 83
• C. Alberta = 87
• D. British Columbia = 89
• E. Manitoba = 90
• F. New Brunswick = 91
• G. Newfoundland = 91
• H. Nova Scotia = 92
• I. Prince Edward Island = 92
• J. Saskatchewan = 93
• APPENDICES
• A. The Canadian Bill of Rights = 95
• B. Example of Bill of Rights for Mental Patients = 95
• C. Example of Commitment Certificate（Ontario） = 98
• D. Procedures to Safeguard Rights of Committed Mental Patients = 99
• E. Sterilization = 100
• F. Controversial Treatments = 102
• G. Research Projects = 104
• H. Rights of the Elderly = 104
• I. Test Cases = 105
• J. The "Innocent" Bystander = 107
• K. Recommendations for the Insanity Defence = 108
• L. The Case of Tim Crawford = 109
• REFERENCES = 116