RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Legal Incompetents' Need for Guardians in Florida
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 69
OP 83
VO 15
IS 1
A1 Winsor C. Schmidt
A1 Roger Peters
YR 1987
UL http://jaapl.org/content/15/1/69.abstract
AB This study assesses the alleged need for guardians in Florida. A survey of the state's 74 public receiving facilities, community mental health centers, and clinics; 30 private receiving facilities; 11 Aging and Adult district offices; Developmental Services institutional and residential placements; and six state mental hospitals revealed that 11,147 persons in Florida reportedly need a legal guardian. The limitations, implications, and possible policy responses to this alleged need are discussed.