Civil Commitment of Narcotic Addicts

[Mortality of narcotic addicts using injections].

The paper presents and discusses results of a longitudinal study on mortality of injecting drug users from detoxification unit of the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland. The study was a part of an international project initiated by the World Health Organization and co-ordinated by Department of Epidemiology Lazio Region, Rome, Italy. Nine centers from six countries participat...

Causes of death among institutionalized narcotic addicts.

Civil commitment--the American experience.

The evolution of U.S. civil commitment law needs to be understood within the context of changes in psychiatry and medicine, as well as larger social policy and economic changes. American civil commitment law has reflected the swinging pendulum of social attitudes towards civil commitment, oscillating between more and less restriction for both procedural and substantive standards. These standard...

Use of summons in involuntary civil commitment.

Washington state provides a number of mechanisms through which mentally ill individuals may be involuntarily committed. One method that has drawn considerable attention of late is a procedure whereby individuals may be summoned to an evaluation and treatment facility for 72 hours· by a county-designated mental health professional (CDMHP) in nonemergency circumstances. The issuance of a summons ...

Civil commitment: a range of patient attitudes.

The authors interviewed adult civil commitment excandidates about their perceptions of commitment six months after discharge. Scales were developed for the following constructs: perceived need of commitment, perceived personal consequences of commitment, view of medication, view of primary hospital physician, and view of hospital experience. Excandidates had a mixed view of commitment. The majo...