TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1980//
TI  - Perceived statutory applicability versus clinical desirability of emergency involuntary hospitalization
JO  - American journal of psychiatry
A1  - Peszke, M. A.
A1  - Affleck, Glenn G.
A1  - Wintrob, R. M.
SP  - 476
EP  - 480
VL  - 137
IS  - 4
N2  - The authors used a questionnaire survey conducted by mail in 1975 to assess psychiatrists' perceptions of the applicability of two jurisdictions' statutes for emergency involuntary hospitalization and the desirability of such hospitalization in four case vignettes. The great majority of the 287 respondents agreed that the statutes were applicable and hospitalization was desirable for individuals who were at risk for suicide and who were psychotic. Most of them also agreed that such hospitalization was neither legally applicable nor desirable for nonpsychotic, nonsuicidal people. Their perceptions of applicability versus desirability differed, however, regarding people who were nonsuicidal but psychotic or nonpsychotic but suicidal.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-953X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -