Canadian Landmark Cases in Forensic Mental Health / Graham Glancy, Cheryl Regehr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glancy, Graham, Author.

Regehr, Cheryl, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insanity (Law)--Canada.

Insanity (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

High-profile legal cases involving individuals with mental health challenges often address complex issues that confront previous decisions of the courts, influence or change existing social policies, and ultimately have a profound impact on the daily practice of mental health professionals and the lives of their patients. Providing in-depth context into milestone cases in forensic mental health, this book addresses issues such as the confidentiality of mental health records, criminal responsibility, fitness to stand trial, the right of individuals to refuse mental health treatment, and the duty of mental health practitioners to warn and protect individuals who may be at risk of harm at the hands of a patient. The authors explore the social and political context in which these cases occurred, incorporating court decisions, contemporaneous media articles, and legal reviews in the analysis. Graham Glancy and Cheryl Regehr, who are experts in the field of forensic psychiatry, draw upon their own practice, in addition to scholarly literature, to describe the impact of the decisions rendered by the courts in the area of mental health and offer practical guidelines for professionals working at the interface of law and mental health.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

1. Landmark Cases and Canadian Law

2. Expert Testimony

3. The Insanity Defence

4. Criminal Responsibility

5. Clarifying Wrongfulness

6. Voluntariness and Intent

7. Fitness to Stand Trial

8. Access to Treatment Records

9. Duty to Warn and Protect

10. Consent to Treatment

11. Assessing Damages

References

Case Index

General Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-4875-3608-9

1-4875-3607-0

OCLC:

1130750711