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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

of Involuntary Mental Hospitalisation (AAAIMH), who proposed abolishing all involuntary psychiatric intervention, particularly involuntary commitment, against...

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

Spesivstev was likewise particularly embittered by an episode during his commitment at the Oryol Hospital, in which he asked another patient to insert a metal...

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

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...

case reports of gaslighting with the goal of securing a person's involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital, motivated by a desire to get rid of relatives...

him. The action sought $50,000,000 in damages. He said his four-day involuntary hospitalization in Jamaica Hospital Center's psychiatric ward was ordered...