Men in White Coats: Treatment Under Coercion

by George Szmukler

Mental health laws surrounding psychiatric treatment under coercion have remained largely unchanged since the eighteenth century. The grounds for involuntary treatment in psychiatry are first, that the patient has a "mental disorder" that warrants treatment; and second, that the patient needs to be treated in the interests of his or her safety or for the protection of others.

Men in White Coats: Treatment under Coercion is an accessible and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198801041
• ISBN13: 9780198801047
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"