BIG CHANGES, NEW TACTICS:

Mental Health Lawyering after Commitment Law Reform

 

FOLDER CONTENTS

 

Program Agenda

 

Biographies of Presenters

 

About MHLAC

 

Evaluation

 

Discussion Questions for Commitment Law Session

 

MORNING SESSION:

1. COMMITMENT LAW

  1. G.L.c.123, §12 -- effective November 11, 2000

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  2. Civil Commitment Reform Enacted/Outline of Statutory Revisions

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  3. October 24, 2000 Memo from Stan Goldman re: Procedure for the Assignment of Counsel

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  4. CPCS Notice to Persons Admitted Involuntarily under G.L.c.123, §12(b) re: Right to Counsel

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  5. November 1, 2000 Memo from Stan Goldman re: St.2000, c.249 – Implementation Update

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  6. November 9, 2000 Memo from Stan Goldman re: Commitment and Admission Assignment Schedules

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  7. September 1, 2000 Memo from Chief Justice Zoll re: Changes in Mental Health Laws

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  8. November 3, 2000 Memo from Chief Justice Zoll re: New Requirements for "Emergency Hearings" following Mental Health Involuntary Admissions under G.L.s.123, §12(b) and Interim Recommended Procedures for Emergency Hearings on Involuntary Admissions under G.L.c.123, §12(b)

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  9. November 7, 2000 Memo from Chief Justice Zoll re: Implementation of Statutory Changes in Mental Health Involuntary Commitment Procedures

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  10. October 16, 2000 Directive from Marylou Sudders re: Use of New DMH Civil Commitment Forms (forms included)

 

AFTERNOON SESSION:

2. ETHICAL ISSUES

  1. Rule 1:14 of the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct

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  2. Some Ethical Challenges in Civil Commitment Representation, by Robert D. Fleischner

 

3. INTERVIEWING

  1. The Constitutional and Clinical Need for Alternatives to Forced Psychiatric Treatment, by Daniel Fisher, M.D., Ph.D.

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  2. Loss of Citizenship by Psychiatric Diagnosis, by Daniel Fisher, M.D., Ph.D.

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  3. Effective Communication with People in Extreme States, by Cheryl Stevens, M.D.

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  4. The Windhorse Approach: A Healing Community, by Sally S. Clay and Jeffrey M. Fortuna

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  5. Windhorse Guide for Families

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  6. Healing Myself with the Power of Work, by Michael Norlen

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  7. Journey to Success is Shared; Genesis Gets Credit, by Lee Hammell

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  8. New Hope for People with Schizophrenia, by Patrick A. McGuire