Emergency Commitment—A Transcultural Study

MICHAEL A. PESZKE and RONALD M. WINTROBAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.1.36

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A questionnaire survey of psychiatrists concerning emergency involuntary hospitalization confirmed the authors' hypothesis that psychiatrists' attitudes toward it are subjective and that there is a lack of adequate criteria. They advocate peer review of commitments at the state or county level and the development of appropriate criteria in order to better balance the need for treatment with consideration of patients' civil rights.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131 • Number 1 • January 1974

Pages: 36 - 40

PubMed: 4855541

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Published in print: January 1974

Published online: 1 April 2006

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MICHAEL A. PESZKE

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RONALD M. WINTROB

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Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Lecturer in Law, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn.

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Emergency Commitment—A Transcultural Study

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