Compulsory commitment to care of substance misusers: International trends during 25 years

European Addiction Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 302-321

  Israelsson, Magnus ^a   Gerdner, Arne ^a,b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Coercive care; Comparative analysis; Compulsory commitment to care; Drugs; Involuntary care; Law; Legislation; Mandatory care; Substance misuse; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPULSORY COMMITMENT TO CARE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL LAW; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; DRUG USE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; STATISTICS; TIME;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIMINAL LAW; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG USERS; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865841468     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341716     Document Type: Article

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