Commitment of Mentally Ill
"Commitment of Mentally Ill" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Legal process required for the institutionalization of a patient with severe mental problems.
| Descriptor ID |
D003134
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F04.096.544.335.200 N03.706.535.351.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Involuntary Commitment- Involuntary Commitment
- Commitment, Involuntary
- Commitments, Involuntary
- Involuntary Commitments
Outpatient Commitment- Outpatient Commitment
- Commitment, Outpatient
- Commitments, Outpatient
- Outpatient Commitments
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Commitment of Mentally Ill" by people in Profiles.
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Marrus E. Crack babies and the Constitution: ruminations about addicted pregnant women after Ferguson v. City of Charleston. Villanova Law Rev. 2002; 47(2):299-340.
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Houston KG, Mariotto M. Outcomes for psychiatric patients following first admission: relationships with voluntary and involuntary treatment and ethnicity. Psychol Rep. 2001 Jun; 88(3 Pt 2):1012-4.
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Lindsey KP, Paul GL, Mariotto MJ. Urban psychiatric commitments: disability and dangerous behavior of black and white recent admissions. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1989 Mar; 40(3):286-94.