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Law and the delivery of involuntary mental health services
1University of Puget Sound School of Law, Tacoma, Washington.
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|April 1, 1994
Abstract:
Involuntary civil commitment law has changed dramatically. From the 1960s to about 1980, the law emphasized patients' rights; since then, it has emphasized community security. This cycle of law reform is reviewed and analyzed in terms of its impact on mental health professionals.