MENTAL HEALTH AND THE LAW - AN EXAMINATION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF MENTALLY ILL CHILDREN

• NCJ Number: 10563
• Journal: MENTAL HEALTH DIGEST Volume: 5 Issue: 5 Dated: (MAY 1976) Pages: 52-57
• Author(s): L H GINSBERG
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Superintendent of Documents, GPO
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER DEFINES THE AMERICAN POPULATION OF MENTALLY ILL CHILDRN WHO FACE DEPRIVATION OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

Abstract

THE LAWS DEALING WITH THE COMMITMENT OF CHILDREN TO INSTITUTIONS AND THE PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS AVAILABLE TO THEM ARE DISCUSED. THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITHIN INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL ARE ALSO EXAMINED, AND REVISIONS IN PRACTICES THAT COULD LEAD TO STRONGER LEGAL PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF MENTALLY ILL CHILDREN ARE PROPOSED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...EB