The Right to a Free Mind
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The Right to a Free Mind

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שנת הוצאה:ספטמבר 2026
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A mental health crisis can place a person's freedom in the hands of others. The Right to a Free Mind asks how care can protect people in moments of vulnerability while preserving their dignity, voice, and right to participate in decisions about their lives.

Dr. Dvir Levin traces the history of mental healthcare from institutional confinement to the emergence of human rights, community rehabilitation, and recovery. With Israel as a central focus and international developments as a comparative framework, the book examines how laws and institutions have shaped the balance between treatment, protection, and personal liberty.

Its discussion addresses involuntary hospitalization, treatment without consent, restraint and seclusion, decision-making capacity, and the responsibilities of professionals and families. Supported decision-making, alternatives to hospitalization, and community services are explored as ways to make autonomy possible in practice. The book also considers the gap between legal safeguards and lived experience, and proposes directions for reform in Israel.

Written for mental health professionals, students, policymakers, people with lived experience, and their families, The Right to a Free Mind offers a humane and critical perspective on a difficult field. At its heart is the conviction that a person experiencing mental distress must remain a person whose preferences, relationships, and rights matter.

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A historical, legal, and social examination of mental health rights in Israel and worldwide. Dr. Dvir Levin explores involuntary treatment, personal liberty, recovery, and supported decision-making, asking how mental healthcare can protect people in crisis while respecting their dignity and their right to shape their own lives.

 
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