Do mental patients want legal counsel
A survey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9055489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leon Epstein, Leon G Epstein (0000-0003-4264-3867, Baton Rouge Clinic), Paul Lowinger (Wayne State University) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 88-92 |
| Publication date | 1975-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1975.tb01169.x |
| PMID | 1111303 |
| OpenAlex | W2103798075 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Fifty patients on the admission ward of a state hospital were asked questions about whether they felt a need for legal aid. Nearly all responded in a meaningful manner, and half indicated a need for legal aid. Most likely to express a need for counsel were older patients, those involuntarily confined, those who had been previously hospitalized, and those classified as paranoid schizophrenic
Family medicine · Mental hospital · Mental state · Psychiatry · State hospital · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1979 - 1979 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |