CPCS Mental Health Proceedings in Massachusetts
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- Product Number: 2000281EBK
- Publication Date: 4/22/2020
- Edition: 7th Edition 2020
- Copyright: © 2020 CPCS & MCLE, Inc.
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Product Description
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CPCS Mental Health Proceedings in Massachusetts briefs you on several avenues by which a client may initially be admitted to a mental health facility, and sets forth controlling authority in Massachusetts law for the rights and obligations of the various actors in the inpatient mental health system. Commitment proceedings, insanity acquittals, detention, examinations, and sensitive topics, such as competency, the attorney-client relationship, and confidentiality, are all covered. The book is replete with hundreds of citations to Massachusetts case law.
Recent updates:
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Update: April 2020
Dear Subscriber:
Thank you for choosing to keep current in the changing area of Mental Health Proceedings in Massachusetts, with this 2020 edition. Inside, you will find updates to a spectrum of topics, new case law, and new insights that are practical and authoritative. Here is just a sample:
- See chapter 2 for new material on the subject of voluntary and involuntary commitment to psychiatric facilities. The chapter offers discussion of particulars of G.L. c. 123, § 10 and provides insights into the regulations concerning conditional voluntary status, 104 C.M.R. § 27.06, and periodic review, 104 C.M.R. § 27.11. In addition, there is an extensive treatment of the three-day involuntary admission pursuant to G.L. c. 123, §§ 12(a) and 12(b).
- Chapter 3 offers recent case decisions on topics surrounding commitment trials, including the commencement of trial, the waiver of a trial, and locations for trials. The chapter also discusses statutory and regulatory criteria for commitment.
- Chapter 4 adds a bibliography of articles pertinent to the clinical perspective on competence and capacity. The chapter also adds new material on the topic of assignment of counsel and what happens when an individual who is presumed indigent refuses to be assigned an attorney to represent them.
We at MCLE trust that you will find this new edition useful in your law practice, and valuable in keeping your law library current.
Cordially,
Maryanne G. Jensen, Esq., MCLE Director of Publications
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Update: April 2020
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
expand allChapter 1 expandIntroduction and Practice Note
Buy ChapterChapter 2 expandAdmission to a Psychiatric Facility
Buy ChapterChapter 3 expandCommitment to a Psychiatric Facility
Buy ChapterChapter 4 expandGuardianship
Buy ChapterChapter 5 expandEvaluation and Commitment of Criminal Defendants and Insanity Acquittees
Buy ChapterChapter 6 expandLitigating Mental Health Cases
Buy ChapterAppendices expandDepartment of Mental Health Regulations
Buy ChapterAppendix A
- District Court Standards 2019 Buy FormAppendix B
- Selected MHLD Performance Standards 2019 Buy FormAppendix C
- Trial Practice Checklist for Civil Commitments Buy FormAppendix D
- Checklist for Guardianships Buy FormAppendix E
- Standing Order Regarding Access to Medical Records and Other Documents Buy FormAppendix F
- Standing Order Regarding Attorney Access Buy FormAppendix G
- Chapter 123 Buy FormAppendix H
- Chapter 190B Buy FormAppendix I
- Chapter 201D Buy Form - Editors & Authors