Colonization and Madness: Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment Law and Policy Frameworks as Applied to American Indians

abstract: This dissertation project is a legal and policy analysis of California's involuntary psychiatric commitment laws and policy as applied to American Indians (AI). Mental health-based civil commitment and conservatorships constitute some of the most severe intrusions into personal libert...

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Other Authors: Gough, Heather (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Law
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.17836