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Mental Illness and Supreme Court: Case Summaries : Mental Illness

(1 days ago) WEBOther Significant Supreme Court Cases. Souder v. Brennan (Patient-workers of non-federal hospitals, homes, institutions for mentally retarded or mentally ill individuals are entitled …

https://mentalillnesspolicy.org/legal/mental-illness-supreme-court.html

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Select List of Resolved Cases Involving Mental Health …

(1 days ago) WEBKaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc., a managed health care provider (part of Kaiser Permanente organization) agreed to pay $130,000 to settle this ADA lawsuit in …

https://www.eeoc.gov/select-list-resolved-cases-involving-mental-health-conditions-under-ada-may-2022

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Kahler v. Kansas :: 589 U.S. ___ (2020) - Justia US Supreme …

(6 days ago) WEBIn none of the common-law cases was the judge’s reference to the defendant’s capacity for moral agency simply a proxy for the narrow modern notion of mens rea. See ante, at 17. …

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/589/18-6135/

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Landmark Case List - American Academy of Psychiatry …

(1 days ago) WEBAmerican Academy of Psychiatry and the Law is an organization of psychiatrists dedicated to excellence in practice, teaching, and research in forensic psychiatry Commissioner …

https://aapl.org/landmark-cases

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How Does Law Support Compassionate Mental Health …

(Just Now) WEBCompassion has long been a bulwark of mental health law. Civil commitment, guardianship, mandated clinical intervention, diversion courts, involuntary medication, insanity defenses, and aid-in-sentencing …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-does-law-support-compassionate-mental-health-practice/2021-04

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Medical and Mental Health Care Court Cases - American …

(9 days ago) WEBApr 2020. View case. Medical and Mental Health Care. Malam v. Adducci. On April 5, 2020, the ACLU National Prison Project, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, and ACLU of …

https://www.aclu.org/court-cases?issue=medical-and-mental-health-care

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Hubbard v New York State Off. of Mental Health, Cent.

(1 days ago) WEBHubbard v New York State Off. of Mental Health, Cent. N.Y. Psychiatric Ctr. 2021 NY Slip Op 01661 Decided on March 19, 2021 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published …

https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/appellate-division-fourth-department/2021/1050-ca-19-01135.html

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Palakovic v. Wetzel - Harvard Law Review

(2 days ago) WEBToday, tens of thousands of Americans with serious mental illness live in tiny concrete cells 1 — alone and largely forgotten. 2 They have almost no engagement with …

https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-131/palakovic-v-wetzel/

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Mental Health Rights Mental Health America

(1 days ago) WEBAs an organization, MHA is committed to the principles of human and civil rights inherent to the concept of equal justice under the law. This includes the rights of persons with …

https://mhanational.org/issues/mental-health-rights

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Legal Standard for Warrantless Mental Health Seizure

(4 days ago) WEBFourth Amendment Requires Probable Cause of Dangerousness for Warrantless Mental Health Seizure. In Graham v.Barnette, 5 F.4th 872 (8th Cir. 2021), …

https://jaapl.org/content/50/4/638

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Mental Health Courts Mental Health America

(5 days ago) WEBSimilar to other specialized court systems such as drug courts and veterans’ courts, mental health courts are an alternative to navigating the criminal justice system for people with …

https://www.mhanational.org/issues/mental-health-courts

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mental health Wex US Law LII / Legal Information Institute

(5 days ago) WEBmental health. Mental health and the law interact in numerous ways. The term "competence" signifies a legal conclusion that an individual is capable of entering into a …

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mental_health

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PTSD and Trauma as Mitigating Factors in Sentencing in Capital …

(8 days ago) WEBCase Law Analysis. In the intervening decade since Porter, our research indicates that courts have been reluctant to expand scrutiny of trial counsel’s …

https://jaapl.org/content/early/2021/11/17/JAAPL.210052-21

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Law & Psychiatry: What Can We Say About Mental Health Courts …

(6 days ago) WEBMental health courts (MHCs) are a popular type of problem-solving court, and there is ample evidence that they reduce recidivism and increase participation in community …

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ps.201300049

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Lawyer's Tragic Mental Health Breakdown Is a Cautionary Tale

(1 days ago) WEBThe 2023 data set included almost 3,000 lawyers who were asked questions about mental health in relation to their firm’s culture and policies. 38.2% of them said …

https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/practice-of-law/lawyers-tragic-mental-health-breakdown-is-a-cautionary-tale/

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10 Ways Psychology Changed American Law

(8 days ago) WEBMcCready brought an antitrust class action suit against the insurance company, arguing that limiting the plan’s mental health coverage to treatment by …

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/12/cover-courts

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Rights of People with Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions

(1 days ago) WEBThe right to the least restrictive and least intrusive response to a need for mental health or substance use treatment services. [5] The right to sue the health plan for authorization …

https://www.mhanational.org/issues/rights-people-mental-health-and-substance-use-conditions

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21 - Major Legal Cases That Have Influenced Mental Health Ethics

(Just Now) WEBMajor Legal Cases That Have Influenced Mental Health Ethics; By G. Andrew H. Benjamin, Connie J. Beck; Edited by Mark M. Leach, University of Louisville, Kentucky, Elizabeth …

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-handbook-of-applied-psychological-ethics/major-legal-cases-that-have-influenced-mental-health-ethics/B30BD0B2ED05DA158CEBBDEB9FA8559F

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N.Y. Prisons Holding Mentally Ill People in Solitary, Lawsuit Says

(Just Now) WEBSuzanne DeChillo/The New York Times. Eric Lee, one of the nine plaintiffs named in the lawsuit, had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia as a …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/nyregion/ny-prisons-solitary-confinement.html

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NJ involuntary commitment law alarms mental health advocates

(8 days ago) WEBNorthJersey.com. 0:00. 1:55. People experiencing mental health crises could face longer involuntary commitment times in hospitals and emergency …

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/health/2023/08/22/new-jersey-mental-health-crisis-law-alarms-social-service-groups-involuntary-confinement-hospitals/70623537007/

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Municipal Legal Spending and Liability for Denied Treatment

(2 days ago) WEBOral arguments in 10 matters are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, with cases touching on issues including local municipalities' legal spending and health care …

https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/05/13/municipal-legal-spending-and-liability-for-denied-treatment-whats-on-the-pa-high-courts-may-agenda/

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Systems Advocacy - The Official Web Site for The State of …

(2 days ago) WEBCommunity Health Law Project 4 Commerce Place Mount Holly, NJ 08060 (609) 261-3453 Community Health Law Project 35 Journal Square, Suite 827 Jersey City, NJ 07306 …

https://www.nj.gov/humanservices/dmhas/resources/services/treatment/mental_health/Systems_Advocacy.pdf

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Bill signed into law that’s intended to divert mental health - WLBT

(9 days ago) WEBLaw enforcement told lawmakers in a November 2022 hearing that they have become the default mental health facility in a lot of counties around the state. …

https://www.wlbt.com/2024/05/14/bill-signed-into-law-thats-intended-divert-mental-health-patients-away-jail-detentions/

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Parents with Mental Illness and Child Custody Issues

(9 days ago) WEBSome state laws cite mental illness as a condition that can lead to loss of custody or parental rights. Thus, parents with mental illness often avoid seeking mental …

https://www.healthyplace.com/parenting/parents-with-mental-illness/parents-with-mental-illness-and-child-custody-issues

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Mental Health and Criminal Justice Issues

(6 days ago) WEBThe issues faced by individuals with mental health conditions is particularly profound in terms of variations of the insanity defense and the use of the death penalty for …

https://www.mhanational.org/issues/mental-health-and-criminal-justice-issues

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Adult Probation Supervision NJ Courts

(9 days ago) WEBBehavioral Health Resources *In case of emergency: If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, call 911 right away. This list of Emergency Crisis …

https://www.njcourts.gov/courts/adult-probation-supervision

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Mistrial in murder case of Weymouth cop and bystander. What now?

(4 days ago) WEBMental health arguments can make a trial tricky. David Siegel, a professor at the New England School of Law, said insanity defenses are "rarely successful" in cases …

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2023/07/12/chesna-adams-lopes-murder-mistrial-retrial-retry/70400373007/

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NJ Businesses Light Up Green for Mental Health Month

(Just Now) WEBDelta Dental of NJ, Johnson & Johnson, Hackensack Medical Center and even the New Jersey State House Dome Join More than 35 Others. On May 14, 2024. …

https://njbmagazine.com/njb-news-now/nj-businesses-light-up-green-for-mental-health-month/

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Paul Kent to seek treatment for mental health and drinking …

(5 days ago) WEBGeorge Elias told the court he would seek an application for the case to be adjourned under a mental health and cognitive impairment law. Kent had sought urgent …

https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/05/paul-kent-to-seek-treatment-for-mental-health-and-drinking-problems.html

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Judge rejects Hunter Biden’s bid to delay his federal gun case

(1 days ago) WEBWILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s federal gun case will go to trial next month, a judge said Tuesday, denying a bid by lawyers for the president’s son to …

https://www.wlox.com/2024/05/14/judge-rejects-hunter-bidens-bid-delay-his-federal-gun-case/

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