Interpreting the effectiveness of involuntary outpatient commitment: A conceptual model

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-16

  Swanson, Jeffrey W ^c   Swartz, Marvin S ^d   George, Linda K ^a   Burns, Barbara J ^d   Hiday, Virginia A ^b   Borum, Randy ^d   Wagner, H Ryan ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RELAPSE; RISK; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AUTONOMY; COMMUNITY SERVICES; DURATION OF COMMITMENT; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION; LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTALLY ILL; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTPATIENT COMMITMENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031426770     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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