从医院到监狱：加州非机构化精神病患者的命运。

From hospitals to jails: the fate of California's deinstitutionalized mentally ill.

作者信息

Whitmer G E

出版信息

Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1980 Jan;50(1):65-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1980.tb03263.x.

DOI:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1980.tb03263.x

Abstract

This paper describes a shift of mentally ill persons from custodial care in state institutions during the 1960s to prosecution in criminal courts during the 1970s. The shift is attributed to the unforeseen clinical needs of this new outpatient population, the inability of community mental health centers to meet these needs, and the changes in mental health laws, specifically their emphasis on the concept of dangerousness.

摘要

本文描述了20世纪60年代精神疾病患者从州立机构的监护照料向70年代刑事法庭起诉的转变。这种转变归因于这个新的门诊患者群体未预见的临床需求、社区心理健康中心无法满足这些需求以及心理健康法律的变化，特别是这些法律对危险性概念的强调。