Treatment delays for involuntary psychiatric patients associated with reviews of treatment capacity

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 181-185

  Kelly, Michelle ^a   Dunbar, Sandra ^a   Gray, John E ^a   O'Reilly, Richard L ^a  

^a Regional Mental Health Care ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental health legislation; Treatment capacity; Treatment competency; Treatment delay; Treatment incapacity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DELUSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT RIGHT; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0036240553     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370204700209     Document Type: Article

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