Many psychiatric hospital patients are involved in court proceedings, be it criminal
competency, restoration, and dangerousness litigation, or civil commitment. Legal advocacy …

Judge Learned Hand once remarked that “as a litigant I should dread a law suit beyond
almost anything else short of sickness and death”(Frank 1957). What if you were in the tragic …

This chapter will focus on the particularities of the legal practice as it intersects with the
practice of mental health professionals. In some cases, the treatment needs of the individual …