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Emergency Commitment—A Transcultural Study

1974; American Psychiatric Association; Volume: 131; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1176/ajp.131.1.36

1535-7228

Michael Alfred Peszke, Ronald M. Wintrob,

Emergency and Acute Care Studies

A questionnaire survey of psychiatrists concerning emergency involuntary hospitalization confirmed the authors' hypothesis that psychiatrists' attitudes toward it are subjective and that there is a lack of adequate criteria. They advocate peer review of commitments at the state or county level and the development of appropriate criteria in order to better balance the need for treatment with consideration of patients' civil rights.