The revision in 1990 of the Mental Health Commitment Law in Belgium, which was initially intended to decrease the use of civil commitment, has resulted in a paradoxical increase in involuntary hospital admissions. To understand the reasons for this increase, the relative importance of the various factors involved, notably the criteria of mental illness, dangerousness and clinical treatability, is examined.SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe
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Background:; When persons with a mental illness present a danger to themselves or others, involuntar...
Background Admission to a mental healthcare facility is not always based on the voluntary consent of...
BACKGROUND: Psychiatric commitment laws have been reformed in many European countries. We assessed t...
Background: In England. rates of involuntary admissions increased in subgroups of patients. it is un...
Recently, the 1850 commitment law in Belgium has undergone dramatic revisions. These changes were im...
There has been a significant rise in the use of the Mental Health Act (1983) in England over the las...
International audienceAbstract Background. Compulsory admission procedures of patients with mental d...
Involuntary admission and treatment are common, long-standing features of psychiatry but the relatio...
Background Involuntary admission (IA) for psychiatric treatment has a history of controversial discu...
Objectives The authors focus on the issue of involuntary psychiatric hospitalization as a possible ...
Background: Involuntary admission (IA) for psychiatric treatment has a history of controversial disc...
In 1979, the state of Washington broadened its criteria governing the involuntary commitment of the ...
Objective: Compulsory admission to a psychiatric hospital is associated with a three- to fourfold in...
We describe the legal framework within which we carry out consultations, otherwise called expertises...
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric...
Background:; When persons with a mental illness present a danger to themselves or others, involuntar...
Background Admission to a mental healthcare facility is not always based on the voluntary consent of...
BACKGROUND: Psychiatric commitment laws have been reformed in many European countries. We assessed t...
Background: In England. rates of involuntary admissions increased in subgroups of patients. it is un...
Recently, the 1850 commitment law in Belgium has undergone dramatic revisions. These changes were im...
There has been a significant rise in the use of the Mental Health Act (1983) in England over the las...
International audienceAbstract Background. Compulsory admission procedures of patients with mental d...
Involuntary admission and treatment are common, long-standing features of psychiatry but the relatio...
Background Involuntary admission (IA) for psychiatric treatment has a history of controversial discu...
Objectives The authors focus on the issue of involuntary psychiatric hospitalization as a possible ...
Background: Involuntary admission (IA) for psychiatric treatment has a history of controversial disc...
In 1979, the state of Washington broadened its criteria governing the involuntary commitment of the ...
Objective: Compulsory admission to a psychiatric hospital is associated with a three- to fourfold in...
We describe the legal framework within which we carry out consultations, otherwise called expertises...
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric...
Background:; When persons with a mental illness present a danger to themselves or others, involuntar...
Background Admission to a mental healthcare facility is not always based on the voluntary consent of...