involuntary commitment

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involuntary
adjective
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/ɪnˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/us
/ɪnˈvɑː.lən.ter.i/
not done by choice; done unwillingly, or without the decision or intention of the ...
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commitment
noun
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/kəˈmɪt.mənt/us
/kəˈmɪt.mənt/
a promise or firm decision to ...
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More recently, with increasing restrictions oninvoluntarycommitment, deinstitutionalized individuals have had limited access to responsive treatments.
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Compulsory admission to mental health facilities (also known asinvoluntarycommitment) is a controversial topic.
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Have never been subject to an order ofinvoluntarycommitmentin an inpatient or outpatient setting due to a mental treatment 16.
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Involuntarycommitmentis used to some degree for each of the following headings although different jurisdictions have different criteria.
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They may then be referred to local health services for further assessment and potentialinvoluntarycommitment.
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Khalid was later sentenced to eight years in prison andinvoluntarycommitment.
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Individuals may arrive in psychiatric emergency service settings through their own voluntary request, a referral from another health professional, or throughinvoluntarycommitment.
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Civil penalties may include liability for damages, injunctions,involuntarycommitment, and, for perpetrators related to their victims, loss of custody or parental rights.
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This law lowered the standards forinvoluntarycommitmentin civil courtrooms and was followed by significant de-funding of 1700 hospitals caring for mental patients.
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The standoff led to international controversies over the cost of the operation as well asinvoluntarycommitmentlaws.
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Diagnosing social misconduct as psychosis has serious social consequences:involuntarycommitment, involuntary drug treatments, and stigmatization.
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This period may be used for the hospital to useinvoluntarycommitmentprocedures against the patient.
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Its early focus was oninvoluntarycommitmentprocedures.
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This can be voluntary or (if mental health legislation allows it) involuntary (called civil orinvoluntarycommitment).
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Hisinvoluntarycommitmentand the period that followed did not render him inactive, however.
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Some legal organizations provide specialized services for those diagnosed with mental disorders who may be challenging discrimination orinvoluntarycommitment.
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In most jurisdictions, people suffering from serious mental illness may be subject toinvoluntarycommitmentunder mental health legislation.
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People with mental illness can write psychiatric advance directives in which they can, in advance, consent to voluntary admission to a hospital and thus avoidinvoluntarycommitment.
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The libertarians would emphasize a stricter due process oninvoluntarycommitmentand more rights to refuse forced treatment, sometimes rejecting both entirely, though compromises were reached for joint legal actions.
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