{"product_id":"committed-9781421425412","title":"Committed","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA compelling look at involuntary psychiatric care and psychiatry's role in preventing violence.   Battle lines have been drawn over involuntary treatment. On one side are those who oppose involuntary psychiatric treatments under any condition. Activists who take up this cause often don't acknowledge that psychiatric symptoms can render people dangerous to themselves or others, regardless of their civil rights. On the other side are groups pushing for increased use of involuntary treatment. These proponents are quick to point out that people with psychiatric illnesses often don't recognize that they are ill, which (from their perspective) makes the discussion of civil rights moot. They may gloss over the sometimes dangerous side effects of psychiatric medications, and they often don't admit that patients, even after their symptoms have abated, are sometimes unhappy that treatment was inflicted upon them.   In Committed, psychiatrists Dinah Miller and Annette Hanson offer a thought-provo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA highly informative and surprisingly balanced book that should be read by anyone with a personal or professional stake in how the mental health system provides care to those with chronic severe illnesses and those in acute crisis . . . Although \u003ci\u003eCommitted\u003c\/i\u003e explores a complex subject, Miller and Hanson make a great effort to humanize this discussion.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExceptionally intelligent, clear, readable and well researched.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fact-filled, open-minded, and straightforward survey will interest students of the subject and those serving mentally ill clients.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommitted\u003c\/i\u003e is a very informative and thought-provoking book . . . Highly recommended. All readers.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA compelling, exceptionally well-researched and written analysis of the immensely complicated, multifaceted issues faced by families, physicians, psychiatrists, police, the courts and society when mental illness endangers patients and those around them.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eJohns Hopkins Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is refreshing—indeed therapeutic—to encounter a thoughtful, balanced treatment of this contentious and important topic.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePsychiatric Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is quite a feat in 265 readable pages. I applaud the authors for their work.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMad In America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI would recommend [\u003ci\u003eCommitted\u003c\/i\u003e] to every clinician.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePsycCRITIQUES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore We Get Started\u003cbr\u003ePart One: The Patients\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Eleanor and the Case against Involuntary Hospitalization\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Lily and the Case for Civil Commitment\u003cbr\u003ePart Two: The Battleground\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Those in Favor of Involuntary Treatments\u003cbr\u003e E. Fuller Torrey and the Treatment Advocacy Center\u003cbr\u003e Ronald Honberg and NAMI\u003cbr\u003e Paul Summergrad and the American Psychiatric Association\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Those against Involuntary Treatments\u003cbr\u003e The Citizens Commission on Human Rights\u003cbr\u003e Cecelia Brown and Janet Foner and MindFreedom International\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Fisher and the National Empowerment Center\u003cbr\u003e Ira Burnim and the Bazelon Center\u003cbr\u003ePart Three: Civil Rights\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Eleanor and Lily and the Process of Civil Commitment\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Christina Schumacher and the History of Civil Commitment Laws\u003cbr\u003ePart Four: Hospitalization\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Officer Scott Davis and Law Enforcement\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Dr. Leonard Skivorski and the Emergency Department\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Eleanor’s Hospital Experience\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: Dr. Ray DePaulo and Inpatient Psychiatry at a University Hospital\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11: Dr. Steven Sharfstein and Dr. Bruce Hershfield and Free-standing Psychiatric Hospitals\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12: Dr. Annette Hanson and the Use of Seclusion and Restraint\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13: Anthony Kelly and Involuntary Medications\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14: Jim and Involuntary Electroconvulsive Therapy\u003cbr\u003ePart Five: Involuntary Outpatient Commitment\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15: Marsha and Involuntary Outpatient Commitment\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 16: Outpatient Commitment by the Books\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 17: The Honorable Jack Lesser and Mental Health Courts\u003cbr\u003ePart Six: A Danger to Self or to Others\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 18: Dan and Guns and Mental Illness\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 19: Bryan Stanley and Violence and Psychiatric Illness\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 20: Amy and Involuntary Treatment for Suicide Prevention\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 21: Will Forcing Treatment on People with Psychiatric Disorders Prevent Mass Murders?\u003cbr\u003ePart Seven: Future Directions\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 22: Transforming the Battleground\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187448504663,"sku":"9781421425412","price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/committed-9781421425412","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}