TY - JOUR
T1 - Involuntary hospitalization
T2 - An issue for the consultation-liaison psychiatrist
AU - Wise, Thomas N.
AU - Berlin, Richard
PY - 1987/1
Y1 - 1987/1
N2 - Little has been written about the issue of involuntary hospitalization in consultation-liaison psychiatry. Nevertheless, patients frequently seen in medical and surgical settings may be judged to be a danger to themselves or others because of psychiatric disorders that cloud cognition, impair judgment, or modify insight, and judicial or administrative proceedings leading to involuntary commitment may be needed. The C-L psychiatrist will be the physician most knowledgeable about the concepts of involuntary hospitalization, competency and informed consent. Clinical examples illustrate issues that may arise.
AB - Little has been written about the issue of involuntary hospitalization in consultation-liaison psychiatry. Nevertheless, patients frequently seen in medical and surgical settings may be judged to be a danger to themselves or others because of psychiatric disorders that cloud cognition, impair judgment, or modify insight, and judicial or administrative proceedings leading to involuntary commitment may be needed. The C-L psychiatrist will be the physician most knowledgeable about the concepts of involuntary hospitalization, competency and informed consent. Clinical examples illustrate issues that may arise.
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U2 - 10.1016/0163-8343(87)90100-9
DO - 10.1016/0163-8343(87)90100-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 3817459
AN - SCOPUS:0023126889
SN - 0163-8343
VL - 9
SP - 40
EP - 44
JO - General Hospital Psychiatry
JF - General Hospital Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -