The Essentials of Florida Mental Health Law: A Straightforward Guide for Clinicians of All Disciplines. This item is unavailable.The Essentials of Florida Mental Health Law: A Straightforward Guide for Clinicians of All Disciplines

Both the format and content of this book are designed to remove the mystery and anxiety that many clinicians associate with lawyers, courts, and judges. As the authors state in their introduction, 'At the heart of this book is our belief that good patient care and knowledge of the law go hand in hand. . . . Far from restricting or inhibiting clinical practice, knowing the essentials of Florida mental health law will free treaters from much undue - and unwarranted - anxiety about their legal rights and duties. . . . Such freedom will allow clinicians to concentrate on what they do best and enjoy most - treat patients.

Stephen H. Behnke, J.D., Ph.D., is Director of the Program in the Practice of Scientific Investigation at the Harvard Medical School Division of Medical Ethics. He is on the Psychology Faculty of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, and an Instructor in Psychology in the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry.

Alina M. Perez, J.D., L.C.S.W., is in private law practice in Miami, Florida.

Bruce J. Winick, J.D., is Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law since 1974, and co-founder of the school of social inquiry known as therapeutic jurisprudence. He has authored and edited numerous books, including most recently, The Right to Refuse Mental Health Treatment and Therapeutic Jurispreudence Applied: Essays on Mental Health Law.