Florida's outpatient commitment law: a lesson in failed reform?
Psychiatr Serv
; 59(1): 21-3, 2008 Jan.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18182534
ABSTRACT
An involuntary outpatient commitment law became effective in Florida in January 2005. However, only 71 orders for outpatient commitment have been issued in three years, even though during that period 41,997 adults had two or more 72-hour involuntary emergency examinations under Florida's civil commitment law. This column describes the criteria for outpatient commitment in the Florida statute and discusses possible reasons for its low rate of use, including additional statutory criteria that make filing a petition for outpatient commitment difficult, lack of community treatment resources, and lack of enforcement mechanisms.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Reforma de la Atención de Salud
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Internamiento Obligatorio del Enfermo Mental
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Atención Ambulatoria
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Trastornos Mentales
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Servicios de Salud Mental
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychiatr Serv
Asunto de la revista:
PSIQUIATRIA
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos