Top 10 Most Influential Mental Health Law Cases

Learn about revolutionary Court cases that have altered that way mental health is practicted in the United States

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Jun 2020
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What you will learn

Students will learn about the intersection of law and mental health through a review of various Court decisions pertaining to mental health issues.

The intersection of mental health and the criminal justice system

Legal System

Case Law related to mental health issues

Description

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 treatment

2. Patient’s right to refuse treatment

3. Involuntary medication of criminal defendants incompetent to stand trial

4. Duty to warn/protect

5. Psychotherapist-patient privilege

6. Death penalty in intellectually disabled individuals

7. Assessment of intelligence in death penalty cases

8. Death penalty in dementia patients

9. Sex offender civil commitment

10. Criteria for sex offender civil commitment

Content

Introduction

Introduction
Structure of Court in United States/ Legal Terms PDF
Legal Terms
American Psychological Association Role
Civil Commitment
Antipsychotic Medication
Pre-Test, Post-Test, Resources
Pre-Test

Case 1: Wyatt v. Stickney

Facts of the case
APA amicus
Court Decision
Clinical Significance

Case 2: Rogers v. Commissioner of Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

Facts of the case
APA amicus
Court Decision
Clinical Significance

Case 3: Sell v. United States

Facts of the case
APA amicus
Court Decision
Clinical Significance

Case 4: Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California

Facts of the case
No Amicus Brief/ Court Decision
Clinical Significance

Case 5: Jaffee v. Redmond

Facts of the case
APA amicus
Court Decision
Clinical Significance

Case 6: Atkins v. Virginia

Facts of the case
APA amicus
Court Decision

Case 7: Moore v. Texas

Facts of the case
APA amicus
Court Decision

Case 8: Madison v. Alabama

Facts of the case
APA amicus
Court Decision
Clinical Significance for Case 6, 7, 8

Case 9: Kansas v. Hendricks

Facts of the case
No Amicus Brief/ Court Decision

Case 10: Kansas v. Crane

Facts of the case
No Amicus Brief/ Court Decision
Clinical Significance for Case 9 & 10

Conclusion

Summary
Post Test

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Ramiro
June 13, 2020
I enjoyed the course as it laid out a foundational understanding of the historical and legal context behind the cases that influenced the field of mental health.

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