Treatment of the Mentally Disabled: Rethinking the Community-First Idea

Authors

Christopher Slobogin, University of Florida College of LawFollow

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. The Legal Basis of the Community-First Movement

III. A Critical Look at the Arguments in Favor of the Community-First Idea ... A. The Least Restrictive Alternative Rationale ... B. Effectiveness ... 1. Involuntary Care ... 2. Voluntary Care ... C. Family Contacts ... D. Individual Integration ... E. Group Integration

IV. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Christopher Slobogin, Treatment of the Mentally Disabled: Rethinking the Community-First Idea, 69 Neb. L. Rev. (1990)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol69/iss2/6