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University Press
Foreword by Pete Earley ix
Before We Get
Started xv Part 1 THE PATIENTS 1
1
Eleanor and the Case against Involuntary Hospitalization 3
2
Lily and the Case for Civil Commitment 9
Part 2: THE BATTLEGROUND 17
3
In Favor of Involuntary Treatments 19
E. Fuller
Torrey and the Treatment Advocacy Center 20 Ronald Honberg and the National Alliance on Mental Illness 24 Paul Summergrad and the American Psychiatric
Association 29
4
Against Involuntary Treatments 34
Citizens
Commission on Human Rights 34 Celia Brown,
Janet Foner, and MindFreedom International 36 Daniel Fisher and the National Empowerment Center 42 Ira Burnim and the Bazelon Center for Mental
Health Law 46
Part 3: CIVIL RIGHTS 51
5
Eleanor, Lily, and the Process of Civil Commitment 53
6
Christina Schumacher and the History of Civil Commitment Laws 61
Part 4: THE HOSPITAL 75
7
Scott Davis on Law Enforcement and Crisis Intervention Teams 77
8
Leonard Skivorski and the Emergency Department 95
9
Eleanor’s Hospital Experience 113
10
Ray DePaulo and Inpatient Psychiatry at a University Hospital 122
11
Steven Sharfstein, Bruce Hershfield, and Free-Standing Psychiatric Hospitals
133
12
Annette Hanson and the Use of Seclusion and Restraint 141
13
Anthony Kelly and Involuntary Medications 151
14
Jim and Involuntary Electroconvulsive Therapy 164
Part 5:INVOLUNTARY OUTPATIENT COMMITMENT 177
15
Marsha and Outpatient Civil Commitment 179
16
Outpatient Commitment on the Books 186
17
Jack Lesser and Mental Health Courts 200
Part 6: A DANGER TO SELF OR OTHERS 213
18
Dan, Guns, and Mental Illness 215
19
Bryan Stanley, Violence, and Psychiatric Illness 228
20
Amy and Involuntary Treatment for Suicide Prevention 239
21
Will Forcing Treatment on People with Psychiatric Disorders Prevent Mass
Murders? 247
Part 7:FUTURE DIRECTIONS 255
22
Transforming the Battleground 257
