Ferleger D
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1976 Oct;27(10):708-12. doi: 10.1176/ps.27.10.708.
The author, counsel for the children in the child-commitment case now before the Supreme Court, describes the necessity for legal protections for children prior to mental institutionalization. He maintains that frequently a child is placed in an institution not because he or she will benefit from such placement, but because it benefits his parents or eases family conflicts. He describes the dangers of institutionalization and notes the expansion of this mode of treatment for juveniles. He explains the events that led to the decision to argue for the rights of his clients to challenge their commitments, and he presents the legal arguments for granting children the same rights to due process as adults presently have.
本案现由最高法院审理，作者是儿童收容案中儿童的辩护律师，他描述了在将儿童送入精神病院之前给予法律保护的必要性。他坚持认为，儿童被送入机构往往并非因为他或她会从此类安置中受益，而是因为这对其父母有利或能缓解家庭冲突。他描述了收容的危险性，并指出这种针对青少年的治疗方式在扩大。他解释了促使他决定为其客户争取质疑收容决定权利的事件，并提出了给予儿童与目前成年人所拥有的相同正当程序权利的法律论据。
