Top 10 Most Influential Mental Health Law Cases

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课程名称:影响力最大的十大心理健康法律案例 课程概述:心理学与法律系统 本课程将深入探讨影响美国心理健康实践的十大法律案例,涉及心理健康领域的多个重要议题,如保密性、强制住院和精神疾病犯人的处决等。课程旨在帮助对心理学、社会工作或心理健康咨询感兴趣的学生了解直接影响其职业实践的法律知识。 课程内容包括: - 各州区法院、州最高法院和美国最高法院审理的相关法律案例 - 每个案例的背景(引起案件的具体犯罪细节) - 法院的决定及其理由 - 美国心理学协会(APA)对此事的看法 - 案例对当前心理健康实践的临床重要性 法院所审理的主要问题包括: 1. 患者的治疗权利 2. 患者拒绝治疗的权利 3. 对于不能接受审判的犯罪被告实施强制用药 4. 警告/保护的责任 5. 心理治疗师-患者特权 6. 智力残疾个体的死刑问题 7. 死刑案件中智力评估 8. 老年痴呆患者的死刑问题 9. 性犯罪者的民事承诺 10. 性犯罪者民事承诺的标准 通过本课程,学生将获得更深入的法律知识,了解极具影响力的案例如何塑造当前的心理健康实践。

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Psychology & the Legal System:The legal system governs various aspects related to the practice of mental health including issues such as confidentiality, involuntary hospitalization, and execution of mentally ill offenders, among others. This course will walk you through 10 of the most influential cases that have revolutionized the way mental health is practiced in the United States.Any student interested in psychology, social work, or mental health counseling should learn about the laws that directly impact their professional practice!!In this course, we will review legal cases seen by State District Courts, State Judicial Supreme Courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court. This course will provide students with the facts of each case (details of the specific crime that sparked case), the Court decision and rationale, the American Psychological Association's (APA) opinion on the matter, and the clinical significance of the case to current mental health practice.Issues heard by the Courts include:1. Patient's right to treatment2. Patient's right to refuse treatment3. Involuntary medication of criminal defendants incompetent to stand trial4. Duty to warn/protect5. Psychotherapist-patient privilege6. Death penalty in intellectually disabled individuals7. Assessment of intelligence in death penalty cases8. Death penalty in dementia patients9. Sex offender civil commitment10. Criteria for sex offender civil commitment

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