Background Medically hospitalized patients who lack decisional capacity may request,
demand, or attempt to leave the hospital despite grave risk to themselves. The treating …

Background The use of involuntary psychiatric holds (IPH) to detain patients who lack the
capacity to make health care decisions due to nonpsychiatric conditions is common. While …

Varying by title and subtle nuances, civil commitment is ubiquitous throughout the practice of
psychiatry. Defined by the United States Health and Human Services, civil commitment …

• Judicial decisions and statutory reforms point to a return to psychiatric discretion when
clinical needs and patients' rights must be balanced. In seeking to commit patients …

Along with the advances in civil rights protections for psychiatric patients since the 1970s, so-
called voluntary inpatient psychiatric admissions have become common. In most US states …

Little has been written about the issue of involuntary hospitalization in consultation-liaison
psychiatry. Nevertheless, patients frequently seen in medical and surgical settings may be …

Involuntary Hospitalization of Medical Patients Who Lack Decisional Capacity: An
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Surprise medical billing, in which patients face unexpected out-of-pocket medical costs, has
attracted widespread attention. As of March 2020, members of the US House of …

This chapter considers the problem of treatment refusal amongst involuntarily hospitalised
psychiatric patients in the Canadian context. It describes mental health legislation in the …

During an era where physicians go to great lengths to limit personal risk and ensure self-
protection from lawsuits, psychiatrists may be inclined to err on the side of involuntarily …