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6 J. Psychiatry & L. [i] (1978)

handle is hein.journals/jpsych6 and id is 1 raw text is: SPRING 1978 TH E JOU RNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AN D LAW I Notes on Contributors 3 Editors' Page The Therapeutic Significance of the Civil Commitment Hearing: An Unexplored Potential The authors argue that the civil commitment process could have positive therapeutic effects for the patients involved. They suggest certain modifications which might enhance the value of civil com- mitment hearings. JOHN J. ENSMINGER, ESQ. AND THOMAS D. LIGUORI, M.A. Inadequate Means to a Noble End: The Right to Treatment Para- dox 45 The authors make provocative comments about the current inade- quacy of psychiatric care. While accepting the right to treatment concept, they challenge the possibility of its fulfillment. LESTER B. BROWN, C.S.W., A.C.S.W. AND JEANNE M. BREMER, A.M. An Essay on the Civil Commitment Lawyer: Or How I Learned to Hate the Adversary Sysitem 71 The author uses his personal experience to stimulate our rethinking of the adversary procedure for mental patients facing civil com- mitment. He points out the ethical dilemma facing attorneys who represent clients in civil commitment hearings. LAWRENCE P. GALIE, ESQ. On Unicorns Blocking Commitment Law Reform 89 The attitudes of psychiatrists concerning the rights of mental patients have been maligned by various groups. The authors' study helps to set the record straight. LYNN R. KAHLE, PH.D.; BRUCE DENNIS SALES, J.D., PH.D. AND STUART NAGEL, J.D., PH.D.