Emergency commitment and legislative reform in New Jersey

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-133

  Kessen, Christine ^a  

^a Trinitas Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DANGEROUSNESS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTALLY ILL; NEW JERSEY; SOCIAL IMPACT; STANDARDS; TRENDS; VOLUNTARY ADMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; NEW JERSEY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATE GOVERNMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031049983     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080217     Document Type: Review

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