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Surgeon General's Report on Youth
Violence. Read Chapter 1,
Chapter 3, and Chapter 4
Chapter
on Violence in Children and Adolescents, by Peter Ash, MD
American Psychiatric Assoc. Code of Ethics
  
Georgia Privacy summary
(from Health Privacy Project)
Child
Abuse Reporting 
Landeros v. Flood, 17 Cal. 3d
399, 551 P.2d 389 (1976) 
People v. Stritzinger,
34 Cal. 3d 505, 668 P.2d 738 (1983) 
State v. Andring,
342 N.W.2d 128 (Minn. 1984) 
DeShaney v. Winnebago, 489
U.S. 189, 109 S.Ct. 998 (1989) 
Georgia
child abuse reporting statute O.C.G.A. 19-7-5 
Juvenile
Court 
Gault, In re, 387 U.S. 1,
87 S.Ct. 1428 (1967) 
Fare v. Michael C., 442 U.S. 707 (1979)
Juvenile Sentencing 
Graham v. Florida 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. (2011)
Miller v. Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455 (2012)
Education
Related Services 
Board of Education v. Rowley,
458 U.S. 176, 102 S.Ct. 3034 (1982) 
Irving Independent School District
v. Tatro, 468 U.S. 883, 104 S.Ct. 3371 (1984) 
Custody
Painter v. Bannister,
258 Iowa 1390, 140 N.W.2d 152 (1966) 
Georgia child custody statutes
Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S.
745, 102 S.Ct.1388 (1982) 
Custody manual: obtain instructions from Dr. Ash
  
Right
to Treatment 
Rouse v. Cameron, 125 U.S. App. D.C.
366, 373 F.2d 451 (1966) 
Wyatt v. Stickney, 344 F.Supp. 387 (M.D. Ala. 1972) 
Donaldson v. O'Connor, 493 F.2d 507
(5th Cir. 1974) (no longer on Landmark list)
Youngberg v. Romeo, 457 U.S. 307,
102 S.Ct. 2452 (1982) 
Right
to Refuse Treatment 
App. of Pres. & Dir. of Georgetown., 118 U.S. App. D.C. 80, 331 F.2d 1000 (1964) 
Rennie
  v. Klein, 720 F.2d 266 (3d Cir. 1983) 
Rogers v. Commissioner, 390 Mass.
489, 458 N.E.2d 308 (1983) 
Washington v. Harper, 494 U.S. 210,
110 S.Ct. 1028 (1990) 
Hargrave v. Vermont, 340 F.3d 27 (2003)
    
Sell v. U.S., 539 U.S. 166, 123 S.Ct. 2174 (2003)
    
Right
To Die 
Washington v. Glucksberg,
117 S.Ct. 2258 (1997) 
Civil
Commitment 
Lake
v. Cameron, 364 F.2d 657
(1966) 
Lessard
v. Schmidt, 349 F.Supp. 1078
(E.D. Wis. 1972) 
O'Connor v. Donaldson, 422 U.S. 563,
95 S.Ct. 2486 (1975) 
Addington
v. Texas, 441 U.S. 418, 99 S.Ct. 1804 (1979) 
Parham v. JR and JL,
442 U.S. 584, 99 S.Ct. 2493 (1979) 
Zinermon
v. Burch, 494 U.S. 113, 110 S.Ct. 975 (1990) 
Managed
Care 
Corcoran v. United Healthcare, Inc.,
965 F.2d 1321 5th Cir. (1992) (no longer on Landmark list)
    
Informed
Consent 
Canterbury v. Spence, 150 U.S. App.
D.C. 263, 464 F.2d 772 (1972) 
Kaimowitz
v. Michigan DMH, 1 MDLR 147 (1976) 
Truman v. Thomas, 27 Cal. 3d 285,
611 P.2d 902 (1980) 
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri DMH,
497 U.S 261, 110 S.Ct. 2841 (1990) 
Ketchup v. Howard,
247 Ga. App. 54; 543 S.E.2d 371 (2000) 
Blotner v. Doreika, 285 GA 481 (2009)
GA consent law: OCGA
31-9-1 et seq 
Confidentiality/Privilege/Privacy
Georgia psychiatrist/psychotherapist
privilege law 
Cranford v. Crandford,
120 Ga. App. 470, 170 S.E.2d 844, (Ga., 1969)
Lifschutz,
In Re, 2 Cal. 3d 415, 467 P.2d 557 (1970) 
Doe v. Roe, 400 N.Y.Supp.2d 668
  (1977) 
Commonwealth v. Kobrin,
395 Mass. 1004, 479 N.E. 2d 674 (1985) 
Jaffee
v. Redmond, 116 S.Ct. 1923 (1996) 
Liability
to Patients 
Georgia
malpractice statutes (excerpts) 
Roy v. Hartogs,
381 N.Y.S. 2d 587 (1976) 
Clites
  v. Iowa, 322 N.W. 2d 917 (Iowa Ct. App. 1982) 
Duty
to Protect 
Tarasoffv. Regents, 17 Cal. 3d 425, 551 P.2d
334, 131 Cal. Rptr. 14 (1976) 
Lipari v. Sears, 497
F.Supp. 185 (D. Neb. 1980) 
 
Competency
to Stand Trial 
Dusky
v. U.S., 362 U.S. 402, 80 5. Ct. 788 (1960) 
Wilson v. U.S., 129 U.S. App. D.C.
107, 391 F.2d 460 (1968) 
Jackson v. Indiana, 406 U.S. 715, 92
S.Ct. 1845 (1972) 
Godinez v. Moran, 113 S.Ct. 2680 (1993) 
Riggins v. Nevada, 112 S.Ct. 1810 (1992) 
Cooper v. Oklahoma, 116 S.Ct. 1373 (1996) 
Sims v. State, 279 Ga. 389; 614 S.E.2d 73 (2005) 
Indiana v. Edwards, 128 S.Ct. 2379 (2008)
AAPL
Guideline on Competence to Stand Trial 
 
Criminal
Responsibility 
Insanity Defense 
   MNaghten's Case, 8 Eng. Rep.718, SEng Rep. 722, (1843) 
   Durham v. U.S., 94
U.S. App. D.C. 228, 214 F.2d 862, (1954) 
   Washington v.
U.S., 129 U.S. App. D.C. 29, 390 F.2d 444 (1967) 
   Frendak v. U.S., 408 A.2d 364 (D.C. 1979) 
   Jones v. U.S., 463
U.S. 354, 103 S.Ct. 3043 (1983) 
   Foucha v. Louisiana, 112 S.Ct.
1780 (1992) 
   Clark v. Arizona, 548 U.S. 735, 126 S.Ct. 2709 (2006)
    
Diminished Capacity 
   Ibn-Tamas v. U.S., 407 A.2d 626 (D.C. 1979)
  
   Montana v. Engelhoff, 116 S.Ct. 2013 (1996) 
Psychiatry
and the Death Penalty 
Estelle v. Smith, 451 U.S. 454, 101 S.Ct. 1866 (1981) 
Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880,
103 S.Ct. 3383 (1983) 
Ake
v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68, 105 S.Ct. 1087 (1985) 
Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399,
106 S.Ct. 2595 (1986) 
Payne v. Tennessee, 111 S.Ct. 2597 (1991) 
State v.Perry,
610 So.2d 746 (La. 1992) 
Atkins v. Virginia,
536 U.S. 304 (2002) 
Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. ___ (2005) 
Panetti v. Quarterman, 127 S. Ct. 2842 (2007)
  
 
Prisoner's
Rights 
Baxstrom
v. Herold, 383 U.S. 107, 86 S.Ct.
760 (1966) 
Estelle V. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 97 S.Ct. 285 (1976) 
Vitek
v. Jones, 445 U.S 480, 100 S.Ct. 1254 (1980) 
Farmer v. Brennan, 114 S.Ct. 1970 (1994) 
Brown v. Plata 134 S.Ct. 436 (2011)
    
Defendant's
Rights 
Confessions 
   Colorado v.
Connelly, 479 U.S. 157, 107 S.Ct. 515 (1986) 
Guilty Pleas
   North Carolina v.
Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160 (1970) 
Sex Offenders
   Specht v. Patterson, 386 U.S. 605, 87 S.Ct.
1209 (1967) 
   Allen v. Illinois,
478 U.S. 364, 106 S.Ct. 2988 (1986) 
   Kansas v.
Hendricks, 117 S.Ct. 2072 (1997) 
   Kansas v. Crane, 534 U.S. 407, 122 S.Ct. 867 (2002)
McKune v. Lile, 536
U.S. 24, 122 S.Ct. 2017 (2002)
U.S. v. Comstock, 560 U.S. 126, 130 S.Ct. 1949 (2010)
Drugs/Alcohol
  
Robinson v. California, 370 U.S.
  660, 82 S.Ct. 1417 (1962) 
Powell v. Texas, 392 U.S. 514, 88 S.Ct. 2145 (1968) 
Hypnosis
State
v. Hurd, 173 N.J. Super. 333, 414 A.2d 291 (1980) 
Rock v. Arkansas, 483 U.S. 44, 107 S.Ct. 2704 (1987)
  
 
Negligence
Dillon v. Legg, 68 Cal. 2d 728, 441
P.2d 912 (1968) 
Disability
Social Security Disability
  Psychiatric Review Form
Social
Security Residual Functional Capacity Form
Americans
With Disabilities Act
Bragdon
v. Abbott, 118 S.Ct. 2196 (1998) 
Olmstead v. L. C. ex rel Zimring, 119 S.Ct. 2176 (1999) 
U.S. v. Georgia,
546 U.S. 151, 126 S.Ct. 877 (2006) 
Sexual
Harassment 
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, 106 S.Ct. 2399 (1986) 
Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.,
114 S.Ct. 367 (1993) 
Oncale
v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc., 118 S.Ct. 998
(1998) 
Expert
Witness Testimony Standards 
Frye v. U.S., 293 F. 1013 (1923) 
Daubert
v. Merrell Dow, 113 S.Ct. 2786 (1993) 
Kumho
  Tire v. Carmichael, 119 S.Ct. 1167 (1999) 
Federal
Rules of Evidence pertaining to experts (Rules 701 - 706)