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Monday, November 23, 2009

New developments in preventive detention in Germany.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The present review focuses on forensic psychiatric aspects of new developments in preventive detention in Germany. RECENT FINDINGS: After a short introduction to the history of preventive detention in Germany and its enacting in ... 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 - Trends'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• New developments in preventive detention in Germany. 30 Aug 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
• [Reaction on 'Changes in crisisintervention and emergency psychiatry, Amsterdam emergency consultations in 1983 and 2005'] 30 Dec 2008
• [Changes in crisis intervention and emergency psychiatry, Amsterdam emergency consultations in 1983 and 2005] 30 Dec 2008
• [Reaction on 'Changes in crisis intervention and emergency psychiatry, Amsterdam emergency consultations in 1983 and 2005'] 30 Dec 2008
• Did the introduction of 'dangerousness' and 'risk of harm' criteria in mental health laws increase the incidence of suicide in the United States of America? 17 Dec 2008
• Changes to inpatient consultation-liaison psychiatry service delivery over a 7-year period. 29 Nov 2008
• Interventions to address violence associated with mental illness. 29 Nov 2008
• An analysis of patient rights violations in psychiatric hospitals in Japan after the enactment of the Mental Health Act of 1987. 29 Nov 2008
• New institutionalization as a rebound phenomenon? The case of Israel. 30 Dec 2007
• [Compulsory admission: developments in the Netherlands] 30 Dec 2007
• [Civil commitment of mentally ill patients: developments in Flanders] 30 Dec 2007
• [The judge follows the advice of the psychiatrist; an investigation into the jurisprudence concerning compulsory admission requests and decisions under the Dutch Act on Special Admissions to Psychiatric Hospitals (Bopz)] 30 Dec 2007
• Forensic telepsychiatry in the United Kingdom. 30 Dec 2007
• Section 5(2) MHA 1983: results of a three-year rapid cycle clinical audit. 30 Dec 2007
• A future for forensic psychiatry - if not faith, then what? 30 Dec 2007
• Are Asians at greater risk of compulsory psychiatric admission than Caucasians in the acute general adult setting? 29 Sep 2007
• Effects of community-care networks on psychiatric emergency contacts, hospitalisation and involuntary admission. 29 Jun 2007
• [Communicating tubes - the difficult relationship between social and forensic psychiatry: observations from a forensic outpatient department] 29 Jun 2007

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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