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Commitment of Mentally Ill

Known as: Mentally Ill Commitment, Mentally Ill Commitments 
Legal process required for the institutionalization of a patient with severe mental problems.
National Institutes of Health

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1953-2018
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Involuntary CommitmentOutpatient Commitment
Mentally Ill PersonsPatient advocacylegislation & jurisprudencestandards characteristics
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1936-2018
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Commitment of Mentally Ill
Mentally Ill Persons
standards characteristics
Patient advocacy
Outpatient Commitment
Involuntary Commitment

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Review
2014
Review
2014
A Mentally Ill Patient and his/her Social Environment
Background: Mental illness (MI) markedly affects a person’s daily living and leads to disability, reduced duration of active life… (More)
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2013
2013
[Mentally ill patient refuses treatment. How much coercion is allowed? (interview by Dr. Christine Starostzik)].
 
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Review
2011
Review
2011
[Forced medical treatment: existent law and its limitations in a general hospital].
The conditions in which we can provide medical treatment without informed consent are detailed in the Israeli Law for Treating… (More)
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Review
2008
Review
2008
[Civil commitment of mentally ill patients: developments in Flanders].
The Belgian law of 1990 concerning the protection of the mentally ill was the principal achievement of the last 25 years in the… (More)
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2000
2000
Commentary & analysis: the Draft Act Governing Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill: its genesis and its legacy.
As a follow-up to the preceding article first published in the February 1953 issue, Paul Appelbaum, M.D., offers a commentary and… (More)
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Review
1998
Review
1998
Advocacy, recovery, and the challenges of consumerism for schizophrenia.
  • F. Frese
  • The Psychiatric clinics of North America
  • 1998
Advocacy organizations such as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) and patient consumer groups are playing an ever… (More)
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1982
1982
Mentally ill - a new definition.
 
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1975
1975
Civil commitment of mentally ill--right to treatment--parens patriae power--right to liberty.
 
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1963
1963
The Long-term Care of the Chronic Mentally Ill Patient, a Medical Approach.
 
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1953
1953
[Mentally ill patient's right and exercise of vote].
  • C. Ventra
  • Rassegna di neuropsichiatria e scienze affini
  • 1953
 
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