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3237888

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
Seventy-one commitment-seeking decisions made by 36 clinicians in a state-funded mental health center were studied to determine the extent to which clinicians attend to legally mandated "dangerousness" criteria in seeking commitment. A previous finding that clinicians rely largely on the dangerousness criteria was replicated. In addition, clinicians were found to be sensitive to clinical indicators of the patient's need for treatment, a question which is central to the parens patriae approach to involuntary hospitalization. Further, patients who were judged to be more seriously ill or more dangerous were more likely to retract their requests for discharge. This finding suggests that the patient's request for release and the psychiatrist's petition for commitment together constitute an interactive, transactional process in which the clinician's and the patient's views of the patient's need for hospitalization influence each other.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0033-2720
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
165-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Parens patriae considerations in the commitment process.
pubmed:affiliation
Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.