Coercion, involuntary treatment and quality of mental health care: Is there any link?

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 576-584

  Salize, Hans Joachim ^a   Dressing, Harald ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compulsory admission; Ethics; Involuntary treatment; Mandated community treatment; Mental health legislation

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DETENTION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 23944511212     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000179501.69053.d3     Document Type: Review

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