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90 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 203 (2012-2013)
A Civil Prison - Fear or Reason: Unbiased Reform of Involuntary Commitment Proceedings for Non-Criminals Admitted into Mental Facilities

handle is hein.journals/udetmr90 and id is 217 raw text is: NOTES A Civil Prison-Fear or Reason? Unbiased Reform of Involuntary Commitment Proceedings for Non-Criminals Admitted into Mental Facilities TABLE OF CONTENTS I. AN EXPERIMENTATION GONE TERRIBLY WRONG: THE LONG AND DARK HISTORY OF THE TREATMENT OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS .....................206 II. TEST TUBES ABANDONED: THE HARMFUL AND DEBILITATING EFFECTS ON PERSONS SUBJECT TO TREATMENT WITHIN MICHIGAN ...............................................209 III. CONFLICTING PERCEPTIONS: MICHIGAN'S CURRENT MENTAL HEALTH CODE FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES INCLUDING: PATIENTS, HOSPITALS, JUDGES AND ATTORNEYS.. ........211 A. The Individual: A Journey Through a Civil Prison .................214 B. Hospital: Treatment Based on Psychiatry, Liability, Money, and Monopoly ...................... .....218 C. Judge: Why Can't We Just Treat Mental Illness Like Any Other-Illness? ............................ .....223 D. Attorney: A Balanced Quest for Fair and Unbiased Representation ........................... .....226 IV. COMBINING PERCEPTIONS: CREATING BALANCE FOR MICHIGAN CITIZENS .................................................228 A. Recognition: A Commitment to Patient-Focused Initiatives ... 229 B. Reconciliation: Therapeutic Jurisprudence Helps Pave a New Direction for Individuals Subjected to Mental Health Treatment....................................229 C. Restoration: Helps Promote a More Proactive Michigan Community that Will Seek Mental Health Treatment Without Fear...........................231 CONCLUSION: REFORMATION OF THE FAILED PETITION PROCESS AND THE ARCHAIC MICHIGAN MENTAL HEALTH CODE ........ .....233

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