Law, Psychiatry, and Morality: Essays and Analysis

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American Psychiatric Pub, May 1, 1985 - Medical - 296 pages

The books discusses law, psychiatry, and morality.

 

Contents

Political Misuse of Psychiatry A Tale of Two Generals
3
Psychiatry and Violence
41
The Ethics of Forensic Psychiatry A View from the Ivory Tower
57
The Trial of John Hinckley
77
Psychiatry and the Supreme Court
99
Psychiatric Abuse and Legal Reform Two Ways to Make a Bad Situation Worse
133
The Tarasoff Caseand Some of Its Progeny Suing Psychotherapists to Safeguard Society
161
Sexual Exploitation of Patients in Psychotherapy
191
Psychiatry and Morality Three Criticisms
217
Psychiatry as Morality
237
Morality for Psychiatry
251
Index
265
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