Assisted outpatient treatment and outpatient commitment

Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 131-144

  Tsai, Gary ^a   Quanbeck, Cameron ^b  

^a LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b San Mateo County Health System   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315381480-29     Document Type: Chapter

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