Psychiatry and the control of dangerousness: on the Apotropaic function of the term "mental illness" | Journal of Social Work Education | Find Articles at BNET

Psychiatry and the control of dangerousness: on the Apotropaic function of the term "mental illness" Journal of Social Work Education Find Articles at BNET: "Physicians, criminologists, politicians, and the public use advances in medicine and neuroscience to convince themselves that such interventions are 'scientific' and do not violate the moral and legal foundations of English and American law. This is a serious error. There is no scientific basis whatever for preventive psychiatric detention, also known as involuntary mental hospitalisation or civil commitment. And the procedure is a patent violation of due process and the presumption of innocence."THE REASONS PROJECT?