PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Mental HealthThe Mad Mrs. Rochester Revisited: The Involuntary Confinement of the Mentally Ill in South AfricaThe involuntary confinement of the mentally ill describes the legal process by which a person is imprisoned for an indeterminate period not because they have committed any criminal act but because they are allegedly ill. This paper raises a series of concerns with this practice, and its implementation in South Africa. It concludes by offering a series of legal and legislative reforms concerning the practice. Read More Nicholas Haysom, Martin Strous and Lloyd VogelmanFebruary 1, 1993
PublicationsResearchMental Health, Psychosocial SupportThe Development of an Appropriate Psychology: The Work of the Organisation of Appropriate Social Services in South AfricaThis paper seeks to address the question of what is an appropriate psychology in South Africa and the Organisation for Appropriate Social Services in South Africa (OASSSA) contribution to it. Work within OASSSA takes a variety of forms: emergency services training, research, education, media and information, and therapeutic treatment. Read More Lloyd VogelmanJune 1, 1987
