Involuntary commitment, civil commitment, or involuntary hospitalization/hospitalisation, or informally in Britain sectioning, being sectioned, commitment...

Involuntary commitment or civil commitment is a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qualified agent to have symptoms of severe...

some form of involuntary commitment, though individuals may be compelled to undergo treatment outside of hospitals via outpatient commitment. The diagnosis...

harmful to themselves or others. This form of involuntary treatment is distinct from involuntary commitment in that the individual subject to the order...

Voluntary commitment is the act or practice of choosing to admit oneself to a psychiatric hospital, or other mental health facility. Unlike in involuntary commitment...

emergency commitment (the equivalent of an involuntary [Baker Act] examination in Florida), long-term involuntary commitment (the equivalent of involuntary inpatient...

involuntary civil commitment to a mental health institution in the state of California. The act set the precedent for modern mental health commitment...

opposed coercive psychiatry. He was a staunch opponent of civil commitment and involuntary psychiatric treatment, but he believed in and practiced psychiatry...

Intervention, is a Kentucky state law enacted in 2004 that allows the involuntary commitment of individuals for substance use disorder treatment through a civil...

Lot to Get Into Bellevue": A Pro-Rights Critique of New York's Involuntary Commitment Law". Fordham Urban Law Journal. 40 (1). Fordham University School...

episode "Involuntary", a song on the M. Ward album Transfiguration of Vincent Involuntary action of the body, also known as reflex Involuntary commitment, psychiatric...

push for legal investigations and reform. The early focus was on involuntary commitment procedures. From 1988 to 1990 the Australian government held the...

Goffman for the purpose of abolishing involuntary psychiatric intervention, particularly involuntary commitment. The founding of the AAAIMH was announced...

combination of those that may be considered deviant [citation needed]. Involuntary castration appears in the history of warfare, sometimes used by one side...

request, a referral from another health professional, or through involuntary commitment. Care of patients requiring psychiatric intervention usually encompasses...

appropriate public education; laws that provide a right to treatment; involuntary commitment and guardianship laws; laws governing treatment professionals, including...

were in agreement with Yaren's assessment and spoke in favour of involuntary commitment to a mental institution rather than prison time. The presiding judge...

law enforcement and Shirley Allen, a 51-year-old woman resisting involuntary commitment. It is one of the longest single-person standoffs in history, and...

notoriety for sensationalized accounts of her life, especially her involuntary commitment to psychiatric hospitals and subsequent mental health struggles...

commitment to a chosen value Promise, a commitment by someone to do or not do something Involuntary commitment, detainment in a mental hospital due to...

a long-term effect on the person(s). Psychiatric hospitals and involuntary commitment have been around for hundreds and even thousands of years around...

girlfriends Lee, Bruce George Peter 1973–1979 12 26 Sentenced to involuntary commitment Arsonist responsible for multiple deaths during acts of arson in...

and sentenced to 18 years and 11 months in prison, followed by involuntary commitment. The case of convicted sex offender Roberts Mikelson (Latvian: Roberts...

Claro, 20 years her junior, and her subsequent wrongful psychiatric involuntary commitment and placement under judicial conservatorship. Shortly after Maria...

with six felonies related to the incidents. After almost a year of involuntary commitment and prison, Napolis pleaded guilty and was released on probation...

had comparatively slight symptoms which would not usually warrant involuntary commitment in Western countries.: 70  According to medical records, all these...

Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). Mentally ill prisoners may be involuntarily committed to CNYPC. Sex offenders are also civilly confined there. In...

process. Involuntary commitment, which can be enforced legally through sectioning, is an important issue in the movement. When sectioned, involuntary treatment...

choose voluntary commitment, but those deemed to pose a significant danger to themselves or others may be subject to involuntary commitment and treatment...

a portion of railway line or a portion of a train Sectioning, involuntary commitment for severe mental illness All pages with titles beginning with Section...