Psychiatry and Psychology

Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders

Legal process required for the institutionalization of a patient with severe psychiatric problems.

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Abstract

Legal process required for the institutionalization of a patient with severe psychiatric problems.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Commitment of Mentally Ill
  • Commitment of Persons with Mental Illness
  • Mentally Ill Commitments
  • Outpatient Commitment
  • Commitment, Outpatient

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

do not coordinate with HOSPITALIZATION

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History Note

2025; COMMITMENT OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS 2024-83; was see under FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY 1975-82

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  1. F04.096w.544w.335w.200w
  2. N03w.706.535w.351w.200w

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WM 37

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003134. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003134
  2. Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_commitment
  3. Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q694381