Publications
Mental health, adult mental health, forensic mental health
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NEW - Peer Training Manual: How to Avoid Seclusion & Restraint (pdf) (rtf) (Pub #5519.01, 46 pages, February 2013)
Refusing Medication under Incompetent to Stand Trial Commitment (pdf) (rtf) (html) (Pub #5518.01, 6 pages, December 2012) Also available in Spanish (pdf) (rtf) (Pub #5518.02, 7 pages, January 2013)
Self Advocacy for Incompetent to Stand Trial Commitment (pdf) (rtf) (html) (Pub #5513.01, 6 pages, September 2012)
Eight Myths about Educationally-Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS) (pdf) (html) (rtf) (English, 6 pages, #5507.01)
Educationally-Related Mental Health Services Agreements (pdf) (rtf) (English, 2 pages + supporting documents, #5506.01)
New Procedures for Involuntary Medication of Individuals under an Incompetent to Stand Trial Commitment - AB 366 (pdf) (html) (rtf) (English, 4 pages, Pub #5505.01)
Petitions for Restoration of Sanity (pdf) or (rtf) (October 2011, English, Pub #5453.01)
Home & Community Based-Services for Individuals Subject to Temporary LPS Conservatorship - An Unfulfilled Promise? (pdf) or (rtf) (November 2011, 32 pages, English, Pub #5503.01)
Self Advocacy for Conditional Release Program (CONREP) (pdf) or (rtf) (November 2011, 19 pages, English, Pub #5502.01)
Handbook for Challenging Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Conservatorships (pdf) or (rtf) (March 2011, 44 pages, English, #5110.01) Also available in Spanish (pdf) (April 2011, 44 pages, #5110.02)
Getting Medi-Cal Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services (pdf) (rtf) (html) or (August 2010, 11 pages, English, #5084.01)
Voluntary Services as Alternative to Involuntary Detention under LPS Act (March 2010, Pub#5487.01) English (PDF) (HTML) (RTF)
Forensic Mental Health Legal Issues (July 2009, English, #5077.01) (pdf)
Separated by section:
Cover Pages (PDF) (HTML) (RTF)
Chapter 1 - Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) Commitment (PDF) (HTML) (RTF)
Chapter 2 - Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) Commitment and Restoration of Sanity (PDF) (HTML) (RTF)
Chapter 3 - Sexually Violent Predators (SVP's) (PDF) (HTML) (RTF)
Chapter 4 - Mentally Disordered Offenders (MDO's) (PDF) (HTML) (RTF)
Chapter 5 - Conditional Release Program (CONREP) (PDF) (HTML) (RTF)
Psychiatric Service and Emotional Support Animals (html) or (pdf) (September 2009, 8 pages, English, #5483.01
Summary of Select Regulations Regarding Behavioral Restraint and Seclusion (html) or (pdf) (April 2008, 53 pages, English, #5457.01)
The Right to Refuse Psychotropic Medication for Forensic Mental Health Clients (html) or (pdf) (February 2008, 25 pages, English, #5455.01)
Access to and Amendment of Health Records (html) or (pdf) (December 2007, 10 pages, English, #5112.01)
Individual Mental Health Rehabilitation Services (html) or
(pdf) (September 2006, 22 pages, English, #5182.01)
Chinese (pdf) (#5182.04); Korean (pdf) (#5182.03); Spanish (pdf) (#5182.02); Hmong (pdf) (#5182.09); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5182.05).
Advance Health Care Directives for Mental Health - A Trainer's Manual (html) or (pdf) (mp3) (December 2005; 56 pages, English, #5407.01)
LPS Case Summaries (html) or (pdf) (August 2005, 43 pages, English, #5018.01)
Medi-Cal Mental Health Managed Care Information/Access Hotlines (pdf) (April 2005, 6 pages, English, #5294.01)
Confidentiality of Mental Health Records/Information (html) or (pdf) (September 2004, 7 pages, English, #5029.01)
County Jails: Mental Health Services (html) or (pdf) (June 2004, 32 pages, English, #5181.01); Spanish (pdf) (#5181.02).
Advance Directives (html) or (pdf) (April 2003, 1 page, English, #5386.01)
Chinese (pdf) (#5386.04); Korean (pdf) (#5386.03); Spanish (pdf) (#5386.02); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5386.05).
Advance Health Care Directives (pdf) - fill in the form on your computer and print it out (but you cannot save the filled-in form). March 2003, 41 pages, English, #5088.01; Spanish (pdf), #5088.02.
A Tale of Two Settings: Institutional and Community-Based Mental Health Service in California Since Realignment in 1991 (html) or (pdf) (January 2003, 65 pages, #5403.01)
Electroconvulsive Treatment (ECT) (html) or (pdf) (October 2002, 8 pages, English, #5398.01)
Client Advocacy Plan for Assisting with Community Reintegration (pdf) (July 2002, 6 pages, #5389.01)
Your Right to Receive Mental Health Services in the Language You Understand (pdf) (May 2002, 7 pages, English, #5380.01); Cambodian (pdf) ( #5380.06);
Chinese (pdf) (#5380.04); Hmong (pdf) (#5380.09); Korean (pdf) (#5380.03); Laotian (pdf) (#5380.12); Spanish (pdf) (#5380.02); Tagalog (pdf) (#5380.08); Thai (pdf) (#5380.13); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5380.05).
Forensic Mental Health Issues (html) or (pdf) (November 2009, 1 page, English, #5385.01)
Overview of the Medi-Cal System - Chapter 17 - Appeals and Fair Hearings: When Medi-Cal, County Mental Health Plan or Managed Care Plan says "No" (pdf) (click on Chapter 17, print from 258 to 273) (March 2002, 15 pages, English, #5377.01)
Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment: California's 72-Hour Hold & 14-Day Certification (pdf) (September 2001, 10 pages, English, #5024.01);
Spanish (pdf) (#5024.02); Korean (pdf) (#5024.03); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5024.05).
Your Rights in Residential Care Facilities (pdf) (September 2001, 12 pages, English, #5025.01); Spanish (pdf) (#5025.02); Korean (pdf) (#5025.03); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5025.05).
Probate Conservatorship – Probate Code Sections 1400 et seq. (pdf) (August 2001, English, #5230.01); Armenian (pdf) (#5230.10); Cambodian (pdf) (#5230.06); Chinese (pdf) ( #5230.04); Hmong (pdf) ( #5230.09); Korean (pdf) (#5230.03); Laotian (pdf) (#5230.12); Russian (pdf) (#5230.07); Spanish (pdf) (#5230.02); Tagalog (pdf) (#5230.08); Thai (pdf) (#5230.13); Ukrainian (pdf) (#5230.11); Vietnamese (pdf) ( #5230.05).
LPS Conservatorship – Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act – Welf. & Inst. Code Sections 5350 et seq (html) or (pdf) (August 2001, English, #5225.01); Armenian (pdf) (#5225.10); Cambodian (pdf) (#5225.06); Chinese (pdf) (#5225.04); Hmong (pdf) (#5225.09); Korean (pdf) (#5225.03); Laotian (pdf) (#5225.12); Russian (pdf) (#5225.07); Spanish (pdf) (#5225.02); Tagalog (pdf) (#5225.08); Thai (pdf) (#5225.13); Ukrainian (pdf) (#5225.11); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5225.05).
Dementia Conservatorship; Probate Code Section 2356 (pdf) (August 2001, 2 pages, English, #5226.01); Armenian (pdf) (#5226.10); Cambodian (pdf) (#5226.06); Chinese (pdf) (#5226.04); Hmong (pdf) (#5226.09); Korean (pdf) (#5226.03); Laotian (pdf) (#5226.12); Russian (pdf) (#5226.07); Spanish (pdf) (#5226.02); Tagalog (pdf) (#5226.08); Thai (pdf) (#5226.13); Ukrainian (pdf) (#5226.11); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5226.05).
Medi-Cal Mental Health Managed Care Information/Access Hotlines (pdf) (June 2001, 6 pages, English, #5294.01)
Medi-Cal Mental Health Entitlement!!! (html) or (pdf) (April 2001, 1 page, English, #5055.01); Armenian (pdf) (#5055.10); Cambodian (pdf) (#5055.06); Chinese (pdf) (#5055.04); Hmong (pdf) (#5055.09); Korean (pdf) (#5055.03);
Laotian (pdf) (#5055.12); Russian (pdf) (#5055.07); Spanish (pdf) (#5055.02); Tagalog (pdf) (#5055.08); Thai (pdf) (#5055.13);Ukrainian (pdf) (#5055.11); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5055.05).
You Have the Right (html) or You Have The Right (tri-fold brochure in pdf) (April 2001, 2 pages, English, #5028.01); Spanish side 1 (pdf), Spanish side 2 (pdf) (#5028.02); Chinese side 1 (pdf), Chinese side 2 (pdf) (#5028.04); Vietnamese side 1 (pdf), Vietnamese side 2 (pdf) (#5028.05).
Conservatorship, Trusts and Wills for People with Developmental or Other Disabilities - a Guide for Families (pdf) (June 2000, 36 pages, English, #5005.01); Cambodian (pdf) (#5005.06);Chinese (pdf) (#5005.04); Hmong (pdf) (#5005.09); Korean (pdf (#5005.03); Laotian (pdf) (#5005.12); Spanish (html) or (pdf) (#5005.02); Tagalog (pdf) (#5005.08); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5005.05).
County Mental Health Responsibility to Provide Community Services (html) or (pdf) (May 2000, 10 pages, English, (#5105.01)
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus - Penal Commitment - Instructions for Preparing & Filing Petition in State Court (html) or (pdf) (March 1999, 17 pages, English, #5111.01)
Consent Rights of Psychiatric Patients on Long-Term Commitments (html) or (pdf) August 1996, 11 pages, English, #5081.01); Cambodian (pdf) (#5081.06); Korean (pdf) (#5081.03); Laotian (pdf) (#5081.12); Spanish (pdf) (#5081.02).
Summary of Grave Disability (html) or (pdf) (July 1996, 3 pages, English, #5083.01
Access to the Courts (html) or (pdf) (July 1996, 2 pages, English, #5079.01); Spanish (pdf) (#5079.02); Korean (pdf) (#5079.03); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5079.05).
Rights Afforded to Persons Under LPS (html) or (pdf) (July 1996, 2 pages, English, #5080.01); Spanish (pdf) (#5080.02); Korean (pdf) (#5080.03);
Vietnamese (pdf) (#5080.05).
LPS Conservatorships (html) (July 1996, 4 pages, English, #5082.01.
Conditional Release Program (CONREP) (html) or (pdf) (June 1995, 2 pages, English, #5170.01); Chinese (pdf) (#5170.04); Spanish (pdf) (#5170.02); Korean (pdf) (#5170.03); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5170.05).
Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) (pdf)
(June 1995, 2 pages, English, #5171.01);
Chinese (pdf) (#5171.04); Spanish (pdf) (#5171.02); Korean (pdf) (#5171.03); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5171.05).
Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity (NGRI) and Restoration of Sanity (pdf)
(June 1995, 2 pages, English, #5172.01); Chinese (pdf) ( #5172.04); Spanish (pdf) (#5172.02); Korean (pdf) (#5172.03); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5172.05).