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Medicolegal Library 5 Edited by A. Carmi Psychiatry - Law and Ethics Edited by A. Carmi S. Schneider A. Hefez With Contributions by G. Ammon L. V. Annis U. Aviram A Avnat C. A Baker Y. Bar-EI J. Bazak I. Burbiel A Carmi S. B. Cohen H. H. Cohn S. Davidson B. C. Dimond G. Dreifuss G.Dixon AElizur AEser G.Ferguson D.AFrenkel Y. Ginath L. Gostin D. Griepenstroh A F. Halmosh S. S. Herr E.Johanson Y. Kitamura AA Kuforiji N. Laor N. S. Lehrman A Levy U. Lowental G. W. Lynch L. Mathers R. R. Mayer T. Mitsuishi M. Moser R. Moses T. M. Napier L. S. Nelson J. R. Rappeport P. Rodenhauser R. R. Rogers S. Schneider C. P. Seager S. P. Segal N. P. Sheehy D. Shnit P. Silfen M. Torem E. Totsuka I. Treves M. S. Tropper S. Tyano J. Wagner M. A Watson F. Wei I Y. Z. Zadik G. Zlotnik Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg N ew York Tokyo Judge Amnon Carmi P.O.B. 6451, Haifa 31063, Israel Prof. Dr. Stanley Schneider Summit Institute Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University Michlala, Jerusalem Womens's College P.O.B. 7446, Jerusalem, Israel Prof. Albert Hefez 9 Zinger Str., Kiriat Bialik, Israel ISBN-13: 978-3-540-15742-7 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-82574-3 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-82574-3 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data. Main entry under title: Psychiatry - law and ethics. (Medicolegal library ; 5) 1. Forensic psychiatry-Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Insanity-Juris prudence-Addresses, essays, lectures. 3. Psychiatric ethics-Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Carmi, Amnon. II. Ammon, Gunter, 1918. III. Series. K487.P75Z971986614'.186-14715 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use a fee is payable to 'Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort', Munich. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1986 The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in the publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product Liability: The publisher can give no guarantee for information about drug dosage and application thereof contained in this book. In every individual case the respective user must check its accuracy by consulting other pharmaceutical literature. 2119/3140-543210 Table of Contents I. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Abnormal Approach to Abnormality A.Carmi ................. . 3 II. Psychiatry and Society ............ . 17 The Responsibilities of Psychiatrists to Society: The Dual Loyalties R. R. Rogers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Political Psychiatry G. WLynch ..... 25 The Prostitution of Psychiatry: The 1930s in Germany and the 1980s in America N. S. Lehrman .................. . 36 The Role of Social Energy for Man G.Ammon . ............. . 48 III. Psychiatry and Law. 57 A. General . ...... . 59 Some Psychiatric Phenomena in Ancient Law H.H.Cohn ................... . 59 The Evolutionary Relationship Between Psychiatry and the Law S. B. Cohen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 The Ideology of Entitlement: The Contemporary Function of Law and Its Application to Psychiatry L. Goslin ....................... 74 Psychiatrist and Lawyer - Total Incompatibility? C. P. Seager and T. M. Napier .. . . . . . . . . . . 81 VI Table of Contents Post-Divorce Family Psychopathology: An Empirical Report G. Zlotnik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 86 B. Patients Rights. 91 Indexing Civil Commitment Criteria in Psychiatric Emergency Rooms S. P.Segal, M.A. Watson, and L.S. Nelson 91 The Rights of a Psychiatric Patient in a Mental Hospital R. R. Mayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization and Civil Liberties - The Case of Israel U. A viram and D. Shnit. . . . . . . . . 106 Civil Commitment Under Israeli Law Y. Ginath, Y. Bar-El, and D.A. Frenkel. 116 Two Different Levels of Patient Autonomy U. Lowental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 The Rights of the Mental Patient Under Israeli Law A. Levy and S. Davidson ............... . 133 Mental Health and Human Rights: Illegal Detention in Japan E. Totsuka, T. Mitsuishi, and Y. Kitamura. . . . . . . . . . .. 142 Clinical Perplexities in the Treatment of Treatment-Refusing Forensic Patients P. Rodenhauser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 148 C. Psychiatry and Criminal Law . 152 Sentencing Offenders with Mental Disorders J.Bazak . ................... . 152 Psychiatric Evaluation of Criminal Accused Y.Z.Zadik .................. . 158 Criminal Liability: Psychiatric Evaluation vs. Legal Tests A.Elizurand M.Moser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 The Insanity Defense: Current Law and Reform Options G. Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 The Insanity Defense Under Nigerian Law A.A. Kuforiji ................ . 182 Victimology Without a Victim P.Silfen ............ . 189 Table of Contents VII Considerations Regarding the Legal Responsibilities of Schizophrenic Patients I. Treves and A. Elizur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Violence After Severe Provocation E. Johanson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Staff Injuries Caused by Psychiatric Patients B. C. Dimond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 D. The Expert Witness . . . . . . . . 214 The Trap of the Medical Certificate A. F. Halmosh ............ . 214 The Psychiatric Case Register and Confidentiality S. Schneider and R. Moses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Amnesia, Law, and Modem Psychiatry M. S. Tropper, A. Avnat, and J. Wagner 225 E. Children and the Aged. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 231 Children's Accidents: Psychological and Legal Dimensions N. P Sheehy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 The Agony of Phillip Becker: Parental Autonomy Versus the Best Interests of the Child S.S.Herr ..... . 236 The Child in Court S. Tyano ...... . 241 The Female Adolescent "Borderline": Psychiatric Disorder, Intellectual Anomaly, or Both? S. Schneider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 245 Legal Problems in Current Geriatric Psychiatry M. S. Tropper, A.Avnat, and J. Wagner ..... 250 IV. Treatment and Rehabilitation .... 255 Iatrogenic Syndromes and Disharmony in the Doctor-Doctor Relationship M. Torem ................ . 257 Ego-Structural Milieu Therapy in the Conception of Ammon's Theory of Dynamic Psychiatry D. Griepenstroh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 VI I I Table of Contents Contraception and Abortion in Mentally Handicapped Female Adolescents Under German Law A.Eser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Victim Workers as Therapists for Incarcerated Sex Offenders L. V.Annis. L. Mathers. G. Dixon. and CA. Baker . . . . . .. 283 V. Psychiatry and Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 293 Ethics and Psychiatry N.Laor ....... . 295 Ethics and Depth Psychology G. Dreifuss .......... . 300 The Right to Suicide - Ethical, Legal, and Psychiatric Approaches F. Wei! . ................ . 303 Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry J. R. Rappeport . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Research in Human Structurology I. Burbie! ............. . 311 Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 316 List of Contributors G.Ammon Prinz-Friedrich-Leopold-Str. 21, 0-1000 Berlin 38 L. Y.Annis c/o Leigh Mathers, Units 22, Forensic Service Florida State Hospital, Chattahoochee, FL 32324, USA U.Aviram School of Social Work, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel A Avnat c/o M. S. Tropper, Geha Psychiatric Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel C.A Baker c/o Leigh Mathers, Unit 22, Forensic Service Florida State Hospital, Chattahoochee, FI 32324, USA Y. Bar-EI Kfar Shaul Psychiatric Hospital, Givat Shaul, Israel J. Bazak 7 Narkis Street, Jerusalem, Israel I. Burbiel Menterschweige, Geiselgasteig Str. 203, 0-8000 Miinchen 90 A Carmi P.O. Box 6451, Haifa 31063, Israel S. B.Cohen 401 Peachtree Street, N. E. Atlanta, GA 30308, USA H.H.Cohn 36 Tchernichowsky Street, Jerusalem 92585, Israel S.Oavidson Shalvata Hospital, Hod Hasharon, P.O.B. 94, Israel X List of Contributors B.C.Dimond Polytechnic of Wales, Treforest, Mid Glamorgan Wales, Great Britain G.Dixon 402 East Park Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32302, USA G. Dreifuss 62 Margalit Str., Haifa 34464, Israel A.Elizur Shalvata Hospital, Hod Hasharon, P.O.B. 94, Israel A. Eser Gunterstalstr. 73, D-7800 Freiburg G.Ferguson Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada V8W 3H7 D. A. Frenkel Horkania, Jerusalem, Israel Y.Ginath Beer Sheva Mental Health Center, P.O.B. 4600 Beer Sheva, Israel 84170 L.Gostin Oxford University, Center for Criminology Research 12 Bevington Rd, Oxford OX2 60H, Great Britain D. Griepenstroh BIeibtreustr. 48, D-1000 Berlin 12 A. F. Halmosh 26, Yphtach Hagilach Str., Beer Sheva 84234, Israel S.S.Herr 190 Montrose Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079, USA E.Johanson Brinkvagen 7, S-8-90248 Umea Y. Kitamura c/o Totsuka E., 404 Naito-cho House, 1-121 Naito-cho Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan A. A. Kuforiji Department of Law, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria List of Contributors XI N.Laor Yale School of Medicine, Child Study Center, 333 Cedar Str. New Haven, CT06510, USA N. S. Lehrman Roslyn, NY 11576, USA A. Levy Shalvata Hospital, Hod Hasharon, P.O.B. 94, Israel U.Lowental Eshkol Boulevard 22, Apt. 3, Jerusalem 92-585, Israel G.W.Lynch John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 444 West 56 Street, NY, USA L.Mathers Unit 22, Forensic Service, Florida State Hospital, Chattahoochee FL 32324, USA R. R. Mayer 8 Rakafot Street, Rehovot 76608, Israel T. Mitsuishi c/o Totsuka E., 404 Naito-cho House, 1-121 Naito-cho Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan M.Moser Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel R. Moses Summit Instiute, Shimony 44, P.O.B. 7446, Jerusalem 91073, Israel T.M. Napier Nothern Central Hospital, Sheffield 55, lAU, Great Britain L.S. Nelson Department of Psychiatric Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC, USA J. R. Rappeport University of Maryland, School of Medicine, MD, USA P. Rodenhauser Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton OH 45435, USA R. R. Rogers Harbor, UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509, USA
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