Law and Psychiatry - LAWW 64643

Credits Hours: 3

Focuses on concepts of mental illness; raising and administration of impairment defenses and disposition of mentally ill offenders; problems of civil commitments, including standards, alternatives to and procedures for civil commitment; civil rights of those confined to mental hospitals, including the right to treatment and the right to refuse treatment; problems of legal competence; and the psychiatrist-patient relationship. (Formerly LAW 6346)

Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Rights, Health Law