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Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment

Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment is a legal and clinical procedure within mental health policy whereby an individual is admitted to psychiatric care without consent due to assessed risk of harm to self or others, distinguished from voluntary commitment by the exercise of statutory authority to override personal autonomy for the purpose of crisis intervention.

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6.8K

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343

Authors

166

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2017–2026

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Publications

162

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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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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Physical Illness Manifesting as Psychiatric Disease

Richard C.W. Hall · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1980 · 205 citations

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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Outpatient Commitment in North Carolina

Marvin S. Swartz, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Virginia A. Hiday et al. · Psychiatric Services · 2001 · 194 citations

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PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL CAPACITY, HOMELESSNESS, AND CRIME AND ARREST RATES*

Fred E. Markowitz · Criminology · 2006 · 172 citations

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Authors

343

  1. MS
    Marvin S. Swartz

    Duke University, United States

    12 publications · 1.5K citations

    11

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  2. JW
    Jeffrey W. Swanson

    Duke University, United States

    12 publications · 1.5K citations

    11

    h-index

  3. HR
    Henry R. Wagner

    Duke University, United States

    10 publications · 1.4K citations

    10

    h-index

  4. SP
    Steven P. Segal

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    8 publications · 283 citations

    8

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  5. BJ
    Barbara J. Burns

    Duke University, United States

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

    7

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Institutions

166

  1. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    13 h-index

    33 publications

    3.5K citations

  2. Duke University Hospital

    Durham, United States

    11 h-index

    32 publications

    3.4K citations

  3. Duke Medical Center

    Durham, United States

    11 h-index

    37 publications

    3.9K citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    236 citations

  5. Social Welfare Department

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    270 citations

  6. University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

    Worcester, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    184 citations

  7. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    517 citations

  8. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    581 citations

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Venues

  1. Psychiatric Services

    29 publications · 1.3K citations

    20

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 20 publications · 597 citations

    13

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  3. American Journal of Psychiatry

    11 publications · 661 citations

    11

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  4. Archives of General Psychiatry

    10 publications · 685 citations

    10

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  5. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

    4 publications · 121 citations

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