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Involuntary hospitalization: Opinions and attitudes of psychiatrists and lawyers
Y. Kumasaka,J. Stokes +1 more
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The opinions and attitudes of both psychia are examined, which inevitably develop under these circumstances, and which may or may not conflict with the psychiatrists’ criteria.About:
This article is published in Comprehensive Psychiatry.The article was published on 1972-05-01. It has received 19 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Settlement (litigation) & Statute.read more
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A Comparison of Voluntary and Committed Psychiatric Patients
Walter R. Gove,Terry Fain +1 more
TL;DR: It seems quite clear that the commitment process did not have long detrimental effects and both types of patients experienced some improvement following hospitalization in their instrumental roles and a very discernible improvement in their interpersonal roles.
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Civil commitment: A review of empirical research
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of empirical micro-level research which has attempted to evaluate changes in civil commitment law in the United States is presented in this paper, which groups studies by category of the general question they address: Who are being processed through civil commitment and who are being committed? How dangerous are civil commitment candidates on admission, in the hospital, and after release? To what extent are court officers adhering to procedural protections in form and in intent?
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Attitudinal changes of involuntarily committed patients following treatment.
John M. Kane,Frederic M. Quitkin,Arthur Rifkin,James T. Wegner,Gary Rosenberg,Michael Borenstein +5 more
TL;DR: Follow-up data indicate that the majority continued to receive outpatient treatment after the index episode, and among those readmissions that occurred, 92% were voluntary.
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Psychiatrists' Opinions About Involuntary Civil Commitment: Results of a National Survey
TL;DR: Results of a national survey of psychiatrists in the United States about involuntary civil commitment indicated support for relatively limited definitions of mental disorder for purposes of commitment and relatively limited legal grounds for commitment.
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Rights of the mentally disabled: a bibliography.
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Criteria for involuntary hospitalization.
TL;DR: Seven to eight lawyers have been actively involved in the decisionmaking of involuntary hospitalization at Bellevue Psychiatric Division in New York City since 1965, and a dramatic increase of discharge rate among those patients who requested a court hearing.
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