Focus on Neurology and Psychiatry

Committed: The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care


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Host: Maurice Pickard, MD
Guest: Annette Hanson, MD

Is forced treatment helpful or harmful? Battle lines have been drawn over involuntary treatment for psychiatric patients.

Psychiatrist Dr. Annette Hanson offers a thought-provoking and engaging account of the controversy surrounding involuntary psychiatric care in the United States. She brings the issue to life with first-hand accounts from patients, clinicians, advocates, and opponents. Committed takes on the difficult question of psychiatry's role in preventing violence, suicide, and mass murder.

Hosted by Dr. Maurice Pickard.

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