Psychiatrists' attitudes toward involuntary hospitalization

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1058-1060

  Luchins, Daniel J ^a   Cooper, Amy E ^a   Hanrahan, Patricia ^a   Rasinski, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HARM REDUCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; RESPONSIBILITY;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 4444299418     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.9.1058     Document Type: Article

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