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Involuntary Commitment

Involuntary Commitment is a legal procedure by which an individual is admitted to a psychiatric facility without their consent due to a demonstrated risk of harm to self or others, severe mental illness, and an inability to make informed treatment decisions, distinguishing it from voluntary admission or outpatient care.

299

Publications

11.6K

Citations

465

Authors

218

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

11

Variants

Involuntary Civil Commitment

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Publications

299

Can Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Reduce Hospital Recidivism?: Findings From a Randomized Trial With Severely Mentally Ill Individuals

Marvin S. Swartz, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Henry R. Wagner et al. · American Journal of Psychiatry · 1999 · 340 citations

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Assessing the New York City Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Pilot Program

Henry J. Steadman, Kostas Gounis, Deborah L. Dennis et al. · Psychiatric Services · 2001 · 315 citations

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Perceived Coercion in Mental Hospital Admission

Charles W. Lidz · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1995 · 278 citations

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Involuntary autobiographical memories in and outside the laboratory: How different are they from voluntary autobiographical memories?

Simone Schlagman, Lia Kvavilashvili · Memory & Cognition · 2008 · 269 citations · Full text

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Involuntary out-patient commitment and reduction of violent behaviour in persons with severe mental illness

Jeffrey W. Swanson, Marvin S. Swartz, Henry R. Wagner et al. · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 2000 · 266 citations · Full text

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Authors

465

  1. MS
    Marvin S. Swartz

    Duke University, United States

    25 publications · 2.5K citations

    21

    h-index

  2. JW
    Jeffrey W. Swanson

    Duke University, United States

    23 publications · 2.1K citations

    19

    h-index

  3. HR
    Henry R. Wagner

    Duke University, United States

    14 publications · 1.6K citations

    13

    h-index

  4. PS
    Paul S. Appelbaum

    Columbia University, United States

    11 publications · 369 citations

    11

    h-index

  5. BJ
    Barbara J. Burns

    Duke University, United States

    12 publications · 1.4K citations

    11

    h-index

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Institutions

218

  1. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    19 h-index

    54 publications

    5K citations

  2. Duke Medical Center

    Durham, United States

    16 h-index

    46 publications

    3.7K citations

  3. Duke University Hospital

    Durham, United States

    15 h-index

    37 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    12 h-index

    15 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    773 citations

  6. University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

    Worcester, United States

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    501 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    262 citations

  8. Social Welfare Department

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    270 citations

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Venues

  1. Psychiatric Services

    48 publications · 2.3K citations

    27

    h-index

  2. PubMed

    Repository · 37 publications · 1.1K citations

    17

    h-index

  3. American Journal of Psychiatry

    22 publications · 1.2K citations

    16

    h-index

  4. Archives of General Psychiatry

    10 publications · 655 citations

    10

    h-index

  5. Behavioral Sciences & the Law

    10 publications · 606 citations

    10

    h-index

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