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Statutory change and 'street-level' implementation of psychiatric commitment.

J I Marx1, R M Levinson

  • 1Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.

Social Science & Medicine (1982)
|January 1, 1988
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A change in psychiatric commitment laws altered how patient dangerousness was perceived, particularly for less assaultive groups. This suggests perceived dangerousness may reflect system use rather than actual patient behavior.

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Law and Medicine
  • Health Policy

Background:

  • Statutory changes in psychiatric commitment laws can influence patient classification.
  • Previous commitment guidelines emphasized assaultiveness, while new laws expanded criteria to include health deterioration from neglect.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the impact of revised psychiatric commitment laws on the perceived dangerousness of involuntarily committed civil patients.
  • To determine if changes in legal statutes affected the proportion of patients categorized as dangerous.

Main Methods:

  • Interrupted time-series analysis was employed to evaluate changes in patient populations.
  • The study focused on a metropolitan area following a shift from restrictive to less restrictive commitment criteria.

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Main Results:

  • The proportion of patients classified as dangerous increased among typically less assaultive groups (older, white, female) under restrictive guidelines.
  • Following the implementation of less restrictive laws, the proportion of dangerous patients decreased significantly in these less assaultive groups.
  • Typically more assaultive groups (younger, black, male) showed stable proportions of dangerous patients, unaffected by legal changes.

Conclusions:

  • Changes in the proportion of patients deemed dangerous appear to be an artifact of how commitment criteria are utilized by petitioners and providers.
  • The findings highlight the influence of legal and systemic factors on the classification of psychiatric patient dangerousness.
  • The study suggests that perceived dangerousness may not directly correlate with actual changes in patient behavior or risk over time.