The Essentials of Florida Mental Health Law: A Straightforward Guide for Clinicians of all Disciplines
Stephen H. Behnke, Bruce J. Winick, Alina M. Perez
Overview – Excerpt – Table of Contents
Contents
Part I: An Introduction to the Law
1. A Brief Introduction to the Law
2. Tarasoff and Its Florida
Progeny
3. Privacy, Confidentiality, and
Testimonial Privilege
Part II: 200 Questions on Florida
Mental Health Law
4. The Legal System and Legal
Process
5. Involuntary Hospitalization and
Treatment
6. Criminal Law
7. Subpoenas and Court Orders
8. Guardians and Substitute
Decision-Making
9. Confidentiality, Testimonial
Privilege, and Mandatory Reporting
10. Records and Record-Keeping
11. Professional Liability
12. Children and Families
Appendices: Florida Statutes and
Regulations Governing Privacy, Confidentiality, and Testimonial Privilege; Sample Forms
and Letters
About the Authors
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.
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.
Alina M. Perez, J.D., L.C.S.W., is in private law practice in Miami, Florida.
ISBN: 0-393-70309-6
March, 2000
Hardcover, 240 pages
