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Musing on DSM-V: A Lawyer’s View From the Corrections Bridge  


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 14, Number 05, January/February 2013 , pp.67-68(2)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

The author explores his discontent with the DSM in defining a class for the purposes of initiating litigation on behalf of seriously mentally ill (SMI) inmates seeking to challenge the treatment, or lack thereof, provided either statewide or in a particular prison or jail.

Keywords: Dr. Allen Frances, Dunn v. Voinovich, Case No. C1-93-0166, Disability Law Center v. Massachusetts DOC, Civil Action, No. 07-10463

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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