| Essentials of Massachusetts Mental Health Law: A Straightforward Guide for Clinicians of All Disciplines Contributor(s): Behnke, Stephen H. (Author), Hilliard, James T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393702499 ISBN-13: 9780393702491 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1998 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Norton provides a new series of straightforward professional guides setting forth the laws most relevant to mental health practice in the state featured. Each volume in the series explains pertinent legislation and court cases, covering why a law was written, what the law says, and how the law affects clinical practice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 344.744 |
| LCCN: 97032855 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.95" W x 9.05" (0.74 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A new series of straightforward guides setting forth the laws most relevant to mental health practice in each state. This series arose from the author's experience teaching psychiatric residents, psychology interns, and social work students at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center. Consistently, trainees mentioned how helpful it was to have laws relevant to their clinical practice explained in a way that removed the mystery and anxiety they associated with lawyers, courts, and judges. Each volume in the series sets forth, in a clear, straightforward, and user-friendly manner, pertinent legislation and court cases, covering why the law was written, what the law says, and how the law affects clinical practice. The first two volumes cover the statutes and court cases of Massachusetts and California. |
Contributor Bio(s): Behnke, Stephen H.: - Stephen H. Behnke, J.D., Ph.D., is Director of the Program in the Practice of Scientific Investigation at the Harvard Medical School Division of Medical Ethics. He is on the Psychology Faculty of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, and an Instructor in Psychology in the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry. |