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Rediscovering the Concept of Asylum for Persons with Serious Mental Illness

H. Richard Lamb and Linda E. Weinberger
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online March 2016, 44 (1) 106-110;
H. Richard Lamb
Dr. Lamb is Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, and Dr. Weinberger is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC), and Chief Psychologist, USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, CA.
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Dr. Lamb is Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, and Dr. Weinberger is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC), and Chief Psychologist, USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, CA.
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vol. 44 no. 1 106-110
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26944750

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1093-6793
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  • Published online March 4, 2016.

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  1. H. Richard Lamb, MD and
  2. Linda E. Weinberger, PhD
  1. Dr. Lamb is Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, and Dr. Weinberger is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC), and Chief Psychologist, USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, CA.
  1. Address correspondence to: H. Richard Lamb, MD, USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law, and Behavioral Science, PO Box 86125, Los Angeles, CA 90086-0125. E-mail: hlamb{at}usc.edu

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    • Recognizing the Need for Asylum
    • The Relationship Between Asylum and Rehabilitation
    • Accepting the Limitations of Many Persons With Serious Mental Illness
    • Institutionalism and the Schizophrenic Process
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