Preventing psychiatric hospitalization and involuntary outpatient commitment

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-242

  Segal, Steven P ^a   Burgess, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community treatment orders; Involuntary treatment; Least restrictive alternative to hospitalization; Outpatient commitment; Preventing hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 67449104593     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380802605567     Document Type: Article

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