Commitment of Mentally Ill - History
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Widening the circle: making Mental Health Review Tribunal hearings accessible in Indigenous, rural and remote settings.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to overview the history, structure and activities of the Queensland Mental Health Review Tribunal in relation to Indigenous patients. RESULTS: The Mental Health Review Tribunal is an independent statutory body ... Read more...

Emergency compulsory admissions in the Netherlands: fluctuating patterns in Rotterdam, 1929-2005.

30 May 2009 This paper identifies the social changes and developments in public mental health that have contributed to fluctuations in the use of emergency compulsory admissions in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Annual reports and administrative data over the ... Read more...

Stigma, conscience, and science in psychiatry: past, present, and future.

30 Mar 2009 In his response to Reynolds and colleagues' "The Future of Psychiatry as Clinical Neuroscience," the author considers three themes prominent in the history of psychiatry: stigma, conscience, and science, considering each in the past, present, and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Commitment of Mentally Ill - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Widening the circle: making Mental Health Review Tribunal hearings accessible in Indigenous, rural and remote settings. 30 Jul 2009
• Emergency compulsory admissions in the Netherlands: fluctuating patterns in Rotterdam, 1929-2005. 30 May 2009
• Stigma, conscience, and science in psychiatry: past, present, and future. 30 Mar 2009
• 'These strangers within our gates': race, psychiatry and mental illness among black Americans at St Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, DC, 1900-40. 29 Nov 2008
• Court-ordered treatment for serious offenders with mental illness. 29 Nov 2008
• [The obligation to care, from asylum to home] 29 Apr 2008
• The Mental Treatment Act 1945 in Ireland: an historical enquiry. 28 Feb 2008
• Compulsory psychiatric care in Sweden: development 1979-2002 and area variation. 6 Jan 2008
• Mental health law in Ireland, 1821 to 1902: dealing with "the increase of insanity in Ireland". 30 Dec 2007
• Mental health law in Ireland, 1821 to 1902: building the asylums. 30 Dec 2007
• A family point of view: negotiating asylum care in Alberta, 1905-1930. 30 Dec 2007
• Scottish institutional provision for the insane. 30 Dec 2007
• 'We have always conducted ourselves independently'. 30 Dec 2007
• Sacred radical of psychiatry. 30 Jul 2007
• [Fewer commitments of mentally ill during the years after 1999] 12 Jun 2007
• [The role of the nurse in psychiatry and mental health today] 29 Apr 2007
• Variations in the official prevalence and disposal of the insane in England under the poor law, 1850-1900. 27 Feb 2007
• Modern psychiatry in India: the British role in establishing an Asian system, 1858-1947. 30 Jul 2006
• Psychiatry in the East African colonies: a background to confinement. 30 Jul 2006
• [Use and misuse of psychiatry. Historical examples are scary...but still occur in Sweden] 30 May 2006

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Technical information about 'Commitment of Mentally Ill'

Definition: Legal process required for the institutionalization of a patient with severe mental problems.

Descriptor UI: D003134

Alternative terms: Commitment of Mentally Ill; Mentally Ill Commitment; Mentally Ill Commitments; Involuntary Commitment; Commitment, Involuntary; Commitments, Involuntary; Involuntary Commitments; Outpatient Commitment; Commitment, Outpatient; Commitments, Outpatient; Outpatient Commitments; Duration of Commitment; Commitment Duration; Commitment Durations;

Related Mesh Headings: Patient Advocacy; Mentally Ill Persons;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; statistics & numerical data; trends;

Tree Number: F04.096.544.335.200; N03.706.535.351.200;

History Note: 83(75); was see under FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY 1975-82

Technical Notes: do not coord with HOSPITALIZATION since this is inherent in the definition