Court-mandated psychiatric outpatient treatment in New York: Doesn't this process invoke more care than controversy?

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 214-220

  Collins, Gary ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAREGIVER; COURT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK;

EID: 29244462852     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.28     Document Type: Editorial

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