It is but too well known that tlie present means available for the treatment of the insane are insufficient, and that those which exist offer much room for improvement. But if one class of lunatics, more than another, seems to call peremptorily for relief at the present day, it consists of those who are sprung^rom respectable but poor families. For the wealthy all conveniences are open,?whether...

The psychiatric evaluation of mentally ill offenders and defendants has become a major task at the crossroads of the Criminal Justice and Mental Health Systems. Criminal courts, often burdened and backlogged, are further handicapped in the trial and sentencing of criminal offenders and defendants by the lack of readily available, uniform, high quality psychiatric and psychological diagnostic se...

Brain surgery has completely changed my life. When I was asked to consider having brain surgery, I foundmyself faced with a huge decision. I would like to describe my experience of the whole process, in the hope that this will help others who find themselves in a similar situation. Although they were initially misdiagnosed as migraine auras, I had been having simple partial and complex partial ...

Recently, the admission of involuntary patients to open, general hospital psychiatric units has become a controversial issue. This article suggests that the admission of involuntary patients to open psychiatric units in general hospitals is perfectly feasible, without negative consequences, and is congruent with the goal of community treatment. This viewpoint will be supported with data obtaine...