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Author Marzilli, Alan.

Title Mental health reform / Alan Marzilli.

Imprint Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, 2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Eureka Young Adult Non-Fiction  YA344.7 Mar    ---  Available
Description 112 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Point-counterpoint
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Defining mental illness -- Point: inpatient and outpatient commitment laws are not strong enough -- Counterpoint: inpatient and outpatient commitment laws violate rights -- Point: doctors, hospitals, and family members need more control over the treatment of people with mental illness -- Counterpoint: people with mental illness need more control over their own treatment -- Point: society cannot afford to treat mental illness -- Counterpoint: society cannot afford not to treat mental illness -- The future of mental health rights.
Local Note 40
Subject Insanity -- Jurisprudence -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Mental health laws -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Mentally ill -- Care -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 0791073726

 
    
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