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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)
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)

Handbook for Challenging Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Conservatorships (pdf) (May 2002, 49 pages, English, #5110.01); also available in:
Spanish (pdf) #5110.02; Audiotape #5110.AT

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) (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 (html) or (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).

California Mental Health Firearms Prohibition (html) or (pdf) (April 2004, 4 pages, English, #5425.01)

Sample Petition for NGI (Penal Code 1026) State Hospital Committees to be Transferred into the CONREP Program (pdf) (September 2003, 16 pages, English, #5453.01)

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)

Community Integration (html) or (pdf), (May 2002, 2 pages, English, #5384.01);
Armenian (pdf) (#5384.10); Cambodian (pdf) (#5384.06);Chinese (pdf) (#5384.04); Hmong (pdf) (#5384.09); Korean (pdf) (#5384.03);Laotian (pdf) (#5384.12); Russian (pdf) (#5384.07); Spanish (pdf) (#5384.02); Tagalog (pdf) (#5384.08); Thai (pdf) (#5384.13); Ukrainian (pdf) (#5384.11);
Vietnamese (pdf) (#5384.05)

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).

Are you having a problem with your County Mental Health Plan? (html) or (pdf) (July 2001, 3 pages, English, #5084.01); Armenian (pdf) (#5084.10); Cambodian (pdf) (#5084.06); Chinese (pdf) (#5084.04); Hmong (pdf) (#5084.09); Korean (pdf) (#5084.03); Laotian (pdf) (#5084.12); Russian (pdf) (#5084.07); Spanish (pdf) (#5084.02); Tagalog (pdf) (#5084.08); Thai (pdf) (#5084.13); Ukrainian (pdf) (#5084.11); Vietnamese (pdf) (#5084.05).

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 (html) or (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)

An Analysis of the GAO's Recent Report on Medicaid Managed Care Mental Health "Carveout" Programs and the Implications for California (html) (November 1999, 8 pages, English, #5103.01)

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)

Duties and Responsibilities of Patients Rights Advocates and Advocacy Programs in California (html) or (pdf) (May 1997, 4 pages, English, #5280.01)

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).

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI Legislation, Health & Welfare 42 U.S.C. 10801-10851), 18 pages, available in English (html) (#5222.01).

Other publications: If these materials are not on line, you may order copies directly from the publisher by title, or from us by publication number. Again, we will appreciate your sending a donation in the amount suggested so that we can continue our advocacy activities for people with disabilities - such as making these materials available.

California Network of Mental Health Clients - QIC Manual for Quality Improvement Committee (pdf) + Page 29 (pdf), Page 33A (pdf), Page 33B (pdf), Page 33C (pdf) (Revised June 2005, 49 pages + four attached flow charts, #5457.01

EEOC Enforcement Guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act and Psychiatric Disabilities (html) (February 2002, 26 pages, English, #5439.01)

Recovery Workbook (January 1994) Available from The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Sargent College of Allied Health Professions, Boston University, Boston MA 92215, 617-353-2713.

How the Americans with Disabilities Act Protects You Against Employment Discrimination - Mental Health Consumers in the Workplace (June 2000, 26 pages, English) Available from Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA - Sample letters for individuals with mental health disabilities (14 pages, English) Available from the LIBRA Project.