Involuntary outpatient treatment as "desintitutionalized coercion": The net-widening concerns

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 551-562

  Geller, Jeffrey L ^a   Fisher, William H ^a   Grudzinskas Jr , Albert J ^a   Clayfield, Jonathan C ^a   Lawlor, Ted ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICE; SOCIAL CONTROL;

AMBULATORY CARE; COERCION; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HUMANS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MASSACHUSETTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 33751014350     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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