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INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT
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Descriptor
English
:
Commitment of Mentally Ill
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Internación Compulsoria del Enfermo Mental
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Internação Compulsória de Doente Mental
Synonyms
English
:
Involuntary Commitment
Tree Number:
F04.096.544.335.200
N03.706.535.351.200
Definition
English
:
Legal process
required for the
institutionalization
of a patient with severe mental problems.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not coord with
HOSPITALIZATION
since this is inherent in the definition
See Related
English
:
Handicapped Advocacy
Mentally Ill Persons
Patient Advocacy
History Note
English
:
83(75); was see under FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY 1975-82
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
EC
economics
HI
history
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
3165
Unique Identifier:
D003134
Occurrence in VHL
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