Involuntary outpatient commitment: A naturalistic study of its use and a consumer survey at One Community Mental Health Center in Israel

Medicine and Law

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-110

  Greenberg, David ^a,c   Mazar, Joseph ^b,c   Brom, Danny ^a   Barel, Yair Carlos ^c  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b Kfar Shaul Hospital   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Consumer survey; Involuntary outpatient commitment; Rehospitalization; Treatment adherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 17844400598     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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