Civil commitment is disappearing in Oregon

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 534-537

  Bloom, Joseph D ^a,b,c  

^a School of Medicine   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVILIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL BED; MENTAL HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OREGON; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 34248678692     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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