Psychiatrists' familiarity with legal statutes governing emergency involuntary hospitalization
| Autor: | Michael A. Peszke, G G Affleck, Ronald M. Wintrob |
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| Rok vydání: | 1978 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Legislation as Topic MEDLINE Sample (statistics) Statute Statutory law Forensic psychiatry Dangerous Behavior medicine Humans health care economics and organizations Probability Psychiatry Forensic Psychiatry medicine.disease Connecticut Psychiatry and Mental health Crisis Intervention Psychotic Disorders Family medicine District of Columbia Commitment of Mentally Ill Medical emergency Psychology Crisis intervention |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Psychiatry. 135:205-209 |
| ISSN: | 1535-7228 0002-953X |
| DOI: | 10.1176/ajp.135.2.205 |
| Popis: | The authors sent out questionnaires regarding knowledge of statutes governing emergency involuntary hospitalization to psychiatrists in Connecticut and in the District of Columbia. Fifty-five percent (N=207) of the sample in Connecticut and 25% (N=87) of the sample in the District of Columbia responded. The responses showed that few of these psychiatrists had a thorough familiarity with the legal statutes governing emergency involuntary hospitalization in their jurisdictions. The most frequently cited criterion was the dangerousness standard, especially in the District of Columbia sample, and many psychiatrists were not sure of the nature of their statutory authority when their patients met the criteria for emergency hospitalization. |
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