Factors in the use of coercive retention in civil commitment evaluations in psychiatric emergency services

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 514-520

  Segal, S P ^a   Laurie, T A ^a   Segal, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; WORKLOAD;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COERCION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT ADVOCACY;

EID: 0035075437     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.514     Document Type: Article

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