Civil Commitment Standards and Patient Mix in England/Wales, Italy, and the United States.

Although England/Wales, Italy, and the United States share a common policy of deinstitutionalization, their mental health systems differ considerably. Each country’s civil commitment standards define patient eligibility criteria along one of two primary dimensions-need for treatment or degree of dan...

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Autor principal: Segal, Steven P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1989
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7331948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2912261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/ajp.146.2.187
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description Although England/Wales, Italy, and the United States share a common policy of deinstitutionalization, their mental health systems differ considerably. Each country’s civil commitment standards define patient eligibility criteria along one of two primary dimensions-need for treatment or degree of dangerousness. These differential selection criteria result in mental health systems serving different subgroups of the total population. The criteria in England/Wales target older women; in the United States, younger men; and in Italy, a group balanced in age and sex. Implications for the current debate on civil commitment policies are considered.
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spelling pubmed-73319482020-07-02 Civil Commitment Standards and Patient Mix in England/Wales, Italy, and the United States. Segal, Steven P. Am J Psychiatry Article Although England/Wales, Italy, and the United States share a common policy of deinstitutionalization, their mental health systems differ considerably. Each country’s civil commitment standards define patient eligibility criteria along one of two primary dimensions-need for treatment or degree of dangerousness. These differential selection criteria result in mental health systems serving different subgroups of the total population. The criteria in England/Wales target older women; in the United States, younger men; and in Italy, a group balanced in age and sex. Implications for the current debate on civil commitment policies are considered. 1989-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7331948/ /pubmed/2912261 http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/ajp.146.2.187 Text en Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/4.0
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