Wilhelm Griesinger (1817–1868), is remembered for initiating reforms in the treatment of the mentally ill as well as introducing changes to the existing asylum system. Griesinger believed in the integration of the mentally ill into society and proposed that short-term hospitalization be combined w...
Mental health and illness have always been slight shortcomings in people’s understanding. The invisible nature of the mental wounds that trauma leaves on the brains of survivors renders many quirks and behaviors of mentally ill people to be simplified into the realm of obscurity or eccentricity...
TREATMENT of the mentally illMENTAL DISORDERS/therapyNo Abstract available for this article.doi:10.1038/180253a0P. HolmanNature
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Volume 25, Issue 10, pages 466–469, October 1977Additional Information How to Cite Ernst, P., Beran, B., Badash, D., Kosovsky, R. and Kleinhauz, M. (1977), Treatment of the Aged Mentally Ill: Further Unmasking of the Effects of a Diagnosi...
The diverse goals involved in treatment of the mentally ill. Is a collision inevitable? It will attempt to explore whether a collision of these goals is inevitable. In the final analysis, it will show that it is the law which must seek... DJD Josephl. - 《Journal of Legal Medicine》 ...
Some persons who are mentally ill and refuse treatment constitute a threat to themselves and/or others. Many psychiatrists, psychologists and jurists believe that society has only two ways of dealing with such individuals: it can involuntarily hospitalize these people for an indefinite amount of time...
For much of history, the mentally ill have been treated very poorly. It was believed that mental illness was caused by demonic possession, witchcraft, or an angry god (Szasz, 1960). For example, in medieval times, abnormal behaviors were viewed as a sign that a person was possessed by dem...
Mentally Ill PatientsInvoluntary DetentionInvoluntary Treatmentthe Mental Health Law of ChinaThe long-awaited Mental Health Law of China was passed on 26 October 2012 and took effect on 1 May 2013. Being the first national legislation on mental health...
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.New Directions for Mental Health ServicesLamb, H. R., Weinberger, L.E., & Gross, B. H. (1999). Community treatment of severely mentally ill offenders under the jurisdiction of the criminal...
1. This contribution will shortly the organization and structures of the T4-action. 2. Short case histories of mentally ill or addicted offenders will be presented. They originate from the former "Heil-und Pflegeanstalt Wunstorf", and will illustrate commitment and treatment of this group in ...