Psychiatry and the control of dangerousness: on the apotropaic function of the term "mental illness"

MeSH terms

• Attitude of Health Personnel
• Commitment of Mentally Ill*
• Crime / ethics
• Crime / psychology
• Dangerous Behavior*
• Humans
• Language
• Mental Disorders / therapy*
• Patient Rights / ethics
• Physician's Role
• Psychiatry / ethics*
• Psychiatry / legislation & jurisprudence
• Social Control, Formal / methods*
• Suicide / ethics
• Suicide / psychology