1. Note from the editor

   • Saul Feldman

   Editorials Pages: 355 - 355

2. Guest editor's introduction

   • Alexander D. Brooks

   Editorials Pages: 357 - 359

3. Assessments of dangerousness: Legal, research, and clinical developments

   • Thomas R. Litwack

   Articles Pages: 361 - 377

4. The legal liabilities of mental health institutions

   • Steven R. Smith

   Articles Pages: 379 - 394

5. How to handle voluntary hospitalization afterZinermon v. Burch

   • Bruce J. Winick

   Articles Pages: 395 - 406

6. Hospitalized psychiatric patients' resistance to routine medical care

   • Robert Eilers

   Articles Pages: 407 - 415

7. The civil commitment of pathologically violent sex offenders

   • Alexander D. Brooks

   Articles Pages: 417 - 429

8. Mediation as a new technique for resolving disputes in the mental health system

   • Noel Mazade
   • Andrea Blanch
   • John Petrila

   Articles Pages: 431 - 445