Civil commitment of the mentally ill in California: the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act.

Mental Health - United States ex rel. Mathew v. Nelson - Civil Commitment of the Mentally Ill Based on a Finding of Dangerousness Is Constitutional, Even Though Dangerousness Is Not Inferred from a Recent, Overt Dangerous Act

Extended civil commitment for dangerous psychiatric patients.

Mental health clinicians are increasingly held civilly liable for the dangerous acts of their psychiatric patients. One area of liability is the negligent release of involuntarily committed patients who engage in dangerous acts after their hospital discharge. All states have provisions for extended involuntary commitment for mentally ill dangerous patients. We examined extended civil commitment...

Civil commitment of mentally ill--right to treatment--parens patriae power--right to liberty.

Civil commitment of the mentally ill: Lessard v. Schmidt.

Critique of the American Psychiatric Association's guidelines for state legislation on civil commitment of the mentally ill.