Psychiatric commitment versus voluntary admission is, in emergency psychiatry, a crucial
evaluation. In a study of Marson, Mc Govern, and Pomp (1988) of psychiatric …

OBJECTIVES: to identify determinants for psychiatric commitment and analyse physicians'
assessment of ethical principles concerning interested groups on the decision to commit a …

• In seeking to commit patients, psychiatrists have often been accused of pursuing ends
other than those prescribed by the law, but empiric data have been lacking on those factors …

• 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 …

Objectiue: Legislation in Canada and the United States that was intended to decrease the
use of civil commitment has resulted in a paradoxical increase in involuntary hospital …

Objective: The literature pertaining to patients' perceptions of commitment and its
consequences is limited. The object of this study was to learn more about these experiences …

This article presents results of a national survey of psychiatrists in the United States about
involuntary civil commitment. The questionnaire, created by the researcher, asked …

A questionnaire survey of psychiatrists concerning emergency involuntary hospitalization
confirmed the authors' hypothesis that psychiatrists' attitudes toward it are subjective and …

In 1989, a new Mental Health Act (Danish Department of Justice, 1989) was passed in
Denmark after the former law had existed for almost 50 years. The new law reflects the …

The psychiatric emergency service (PES) in general hospitals in California is where most
civil commitment evaluations are completed and where significant numbers of psychiatric …