Transcription of INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT: HOSPITALIZATION …
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}
INVOLUNTARY treatment : HOSPITALIZATION AND MEDICATIONS. John A. Menninger 1. Why is INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION necessary? provides for the protection of the individual, police power generally is invoked on behalf of society against the individual. Although the number of INVOLUNTARY hospitalizations relative to total psychiatric admissions has decreased considerably in the United States from 90% in 1949 to 55% in 1980, civil 3. Who can be involuntarily hospitalized? commitment of the mentally ill remains a frequent route for inpatient treatment . A majority of persons suffering from The legal standards specifying the criteria for civil severe mental illness show limited insight into their illness.
2 5. Is someone with a developmental disability considered mentally ill? Although developmental disability (mental retardation) is described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Domain:
Source:
Link to this page:
Please notify us if you found a problem with this document:
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}
Mental Illness in Persons with Mental Retardation, Police Response to Mental Illness Crisis, With Mental, MENTAL RETARDATION, Persons with mental retardation, Persons, Illness, Pennsylvania Mental Health Laws and Regulations, Mental, WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR? ACRONYMS, Multicultural Agency Resource Directory, Mental Health Issues and Challenges in