Effects of involuntary outpatient commitment on subjective quality of life in persons with severe mental illness

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 473-491

  Swanson, Jeffrey W ^a   Swartz, Marvin S ^a   Elbogen, Eric B ^a   Wagner, H Ryan ^a   Burns, Barbara J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; COERCION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0041530030     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.548     Document Type: Review

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