Involuntary hospitalization: Opinions and attitudes of psychiatrists and lawyers

Kumasaka, Y.; Stokes, Julie

doi:10.1016/0010-440x(72)90064-8

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“…One of the clearest findings is that there are differences between the attitudes of lawyers who represent mentally ill clients and those who do not. Kumasaka and Stokes (1972) reported that lawyers who had such clients tended to be much less accepting of the necessity for involuntary commitment than lawyers who seldom or never represented such clients. Similarly, data indicate that since a New York State law providing lawyers to help persons contest involuntary commitment proceedings went into effect, the number of such commitments has shown a large drop (Kumasaka, 1972).…”

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confidence: 99%

Disability and the law: Attitudes of police, lawyers, and mental health professionals.

Yuker¹

1986

Rehabilitation Psychology

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Since police officers, lawyers, and mental health professionals are frequently involved in one phase or another of a person's encounter with the law, the attitudes of members of these groups toward disabled persons can influence their behavior, which will in turn influence the ways that a disabled person is treated in the legal system. Although there are not many studies of these attitudes, some tentative conclusions can be drawn. Data indicate that the attitudes of police officers are related to both the extent of their formal education and the amount of information they have about relating to persons with various types of disabilities. The studies of lawyers indicate that those who have disabled clients tend to be more knowledgeable and to have more positive attitudes than lawyers without such clients, but it is not easy to turn lawyers into advocates for disabled clients. The attitudes of mental health professionals, who may be called on to provide advice to police officers or lawyers or to testify in court cases, have some negative aspects that may impair their helpfulness, but their attitudes are more positive than those of l ess educated persons. The data also indicate that the attitudes of psychologists are l ess negative than those of psychiatrists. There is a need for rehabilitation psychologists to undertake studies of the attitudes of these groups and to set up programs designed to change the attitudes of members of these professions.

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confidence: 99%