Involuntary commitment in psychiatric care: What drives the decision?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 360-365

  Lorant, Vincent ^a   Depuydt, Caroline ^b   Gillain, Benoit ^b   Guillet, Alain ^a   Dubois, Vincent ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Commitment of mentally ill; Emergency treatment; Fairness; Public health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; BELGIUM; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 34248675776     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0175-2     Document Type: Article

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