To commit or not to commit: The psychiatry resident as a variable in involuntary commitment decisions

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-195

  Sattar, S Pirzada ^a   Pinals, Debra A ^b   Din, Amad U ^c   Appelbaum, Paul S ^d  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Omaha VA Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIGNETTE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 34248662722     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.30.3.191     Document Type: Article

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