Author Question: In Supreme Court rulings such as O'Connor v. Donaldson and Addington v. Texas, it was argued that ... (Read 78 times)

@Brianna17 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

In Supreme Court rulings such as O'Connor v. Donaldson and Addington v. Texas, it was argued that the criteria for involuntary commitment should include

a. dangerousness.
b. mental illness.
c. both of these
d. neither of these

Question 2

The conflicting interests over civil commitment were illustrated by the 1988 case of Joyce Brown, a homeless woman diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, who was

a. medicated against her will.
b. hospitalized involuntarily.
c. dangerous.
d. suicidal.