The utility of extended outpatient civil commitment

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 525-534

  Segal, Steven P ^a   Burgess, Philip M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; AUSTRALIA; COERCION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DEMOGRAPHY; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; REGISTRIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 33751010502     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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