Cultural cognition and public policy: The case of outpatient commitment laws

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-140

  Kahan, Dan M ^a   Braman, Donald ^b   Monahan, John ^c   Callahan, Lisa ^d   Peters, Ellen ^e,f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^d Policy Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^e DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Cultural cognition; Outpateint commitment; Values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY; POLITICS; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC OPINION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COERCION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLITICS; PRISONERS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 77950329795     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9174-4     Document Type: Article

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