List of United States Supreme Court cases involving mental health
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued numerous rulings regarding mental health and how society treats and regards the ill. While some rulings applied very narrowly, perhaps to only one individual, other cases have had great influence over wide areas. Disability Criminal competency Death penalty Insanity Testimony Addictions Right to treatment Right to refuse treatment Civil commitment References History of the Death Penalty, University of Alaska Anchorage, Justice Center See also Capital punishment in the United States Participation of medical professionals in American executions Mental health Mental health case law in the United States