PLC or TLC: Is outpatient commitment the/an answer?

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 451-468

  Wales, Heathcote W ^a   Hiday, Virginia Aldigé ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; COERCION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751028482     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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