Mental Health Health Legal Information

Information on mental health law, the use of psychological evidence and testimony in the courts, the rights of mental health patients, forensic psychology, criminal responsibility and mental competence.

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• - Information about the history of and defenses to suicide malpractice litigation against mental health care providers.
  
• - Newsletter for mental health practitioners.
  
• - Information on psychiatry and the law, from forensic psychiatric consultant William H. Reid, M.D., M.P.H.
  
• - Forensic psychiatry resource page.
  
• - Teaching and research center at the University of Virginia which also conducts forensic evaluations, makes policy recommendations to government bodies, and holds conferences for mental health and justice professionals.
  
• - Educational site on violence risk assessment and management, and related forensic mental health and correctional issues.
  
• - An overview of mental health law, from Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.
  
• - Striving to build the empirical foundation for the next generation of mental health laws, to assure the rights and the safety of individuals and of society.
  
  

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