Real Psychiatry

The reality of psychiatry rather than the perception

Showing posts with label civil commitment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil commitment. Show all posts
Saturday, December 31, 2022

The Rights Versus Treatment Debate

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  Just yesterday I coauthored a brief opinion piece on the issue of civil commitment and the issue of rights versus treatment (2). My co-au...
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Friday, October 28, 2016

NEJM Three Part Series - Severe Medical Illness In the Context of Severe Mental Illness

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Lisa Rosenbaum, MD has written a three part series in the New England Journal of Medicine that should be read by non-psychiatric physici...
Monday, October 3, 2016

Psychosis Idealized

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I thought I would provide a counterpoint to the New York Times  editorial entitled "Medicating A Prophet" written by Psychiatr...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Will Changing The Commitment Standard Decrease The Rates Of Mass Shootings?

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A colleague sent me an e-mail this morning about a story that focuses on changing the commitment standard to a need for treatment rather th...
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Sunday, March 17, 2013

More on Homicide Prevention – LA County Style

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I have been developing a theme of how to prevent homicide and mass killing for more than a decade.  As previously posted , I think that th...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

NYTimes on Involuntary Treatment

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The New York Times somehow let an all too true story about the treatment of mental illness slip through today instead of one of their mor...
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