INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION OF THE PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT - SHOULD IT BE ABOLISHED?

Duration: 29 min

Year Published: 1969

Creator: National Medical Audiovisual Center (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)

Color: B&W

Sound: Optical sound

Description: Features a debate in which Dr Masserman contends that there are certain clinical situations in which an individual must be hospitalized for psychiatric reasons against his will, whereas Dr Szasz contends that psychiatry must be practiced on a purely contractual basis with the patient. From the CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES IN MODERN MEDICINE series.