Developments in Mental Health Law

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Volume 36, Issue 2, Summer 2017

This issue of DMHL presents two premier articles on gun violence: a.The Gun Violence Restraining Order: An Opportunity for Common Ground in the Gun Violence Debate and b. Doctors, Patients, and Guns: The First Amendment Rights of Doctors to Counsel Patients about Gun Safety and the Statutory Privacy Rights of Firearm Owners. Case Law Developments in federal and states courts are highlighted.

In This Issue:

I. Article: The Gun Violence Restraining Order: An Opportunity for Common Ground in the Gun Violence Debate [p. 1]

II. Summary Tables of Preemptive Firearm Removal Statutes [p. 23]

III. Article: Doctors, Patients, and Guns: The First Amendment Rights of Doctors to Counsel Patients about Gun Safety and the Statutory Privacy Rights of Firearm Owners [p. 29]

IV. Case Law Developments
United States Supreme Court Decision [p. 35]
Federal Circuit Court Decisions [p. 36]
State Court Decisions [p. 42]

V. Institute Programs [p. 51]