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Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Background: Most western countries provide funded legal representation (LR) for involuntarily admitted psychiatric patients appearing before judicial committees. In 2004, an amendment to the Israeli Mental Health Act granted this right to involuntarily committed psychiatric patients. Psychiatrists then voiced concerns that LR may increase rates of premature discharge and compromise patients' safety and well-being.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExploring motivated reasoning in polarization over the unfolding 2023 judicial reform in Israel.
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June 2024
Conflict Management, Resolution & Negotiation Program, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
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- The study looked at how people feel strongly divided over the Judicial Reform in Israel that started in January 2023.
- It showed that there are two main groups: those who support the reform and those who oppose it, and they have different views on things like trust in government and national identity.
- The research found that people's feelings and beliefs influenced their extreme opinions about the reform, causing them to react in certain ways, like choosing different protest methods.
Amplified psychological reaction to civil unrest among Holocaust survivor descendants.
Stress Health
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Department of Gerontology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
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- The study investigates how the intergenerational effects of the Holocaust impact the descendants of survivors, revealing heightened sensitivity to traumatic events across three generations.
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Impact of opioid maintenance therapy in the community on re-incarceration in individuals with opioid use disorder-A linked cohort study.
J Subst Use Addict Treat
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Israel Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel. Electronic address:
Introduction: Studies have found associations between Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment during incarceration and reduced recidivism among recently released formerly incarcerated persons. However, the role of community-based Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment in reducing recidivism post-release remains less explored. This study examines whether pre-release arranged, prison-to-rehabilitation Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment in the community following release is associated with reduced rates and lengths of re-incarceration among justice-involved individuals with Opioid Use Disorder.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhy are Older Israeli Arabs not Part of the Protests Against the Judicial Reform? A Qualitative Study.
J Aging Soc Policy
April 2024
Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
In the protests against the proposed judicial reform that began in early 2023 in Israel, the lack of participa• Policymakers should make efforts to reduce the socioeconomic gaps between older people from minority and majority groups.tion of Israeli Arabs, especially the absence of older Israeli Arabs, was noticeable. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the attitudes of older Israeli Arabs regarding the proposed judicial reform in Israel and to explore the reasons for their absence from the protests.
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