Application of Involuntary Admission Criteria in Psychiatric Emergency Rooms

Segal, Sp; Ma, Watson; Ls, Nelson

doi:10.1093/sw/30.2.160

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“…In addition to stricter behavioral requirements, persons undergoing commitment are now granted a number of rights formerly reserved for persons in the criminal justice system, such as the right to legal counsel, a written statement of charges, more stringent proof requirements and limited periods of detention pending hearings (Hiday 1988;Lindsey and Paul 1989). Several studies that evaluate these new standards conclude that commitment proceedings have, in fact, limited the discretion of decision-makers (Hiday 1977;Wanck 1984;Segal, Watson and Nelson 1985).…”

Section: The Decline Of Family Authority and The Response To Mental Imentioning

confidence: 99%

Individualism and its Discontents: The Response to the Seriously Mentally Ill in Late Twentieth Century America

Horwitz

Mullis

1998

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The rise of individualism -a set of socio-cultural arrangements that encourage and legitimate the autonomy, dignity and equality of individuals-is one of the master trends of social organization over the past two centuries. In this paper we relate this trend to recent changes in the social control of the seriously mentally ill, in particular, the change from long-term involuntary stays in isolated institutions to short-term voluntary stays in community-oriented, decentralized programs. Our analysis focuses on three aspects of individualism:1 .) the loss of moral sovereignty of family units and the corresponding increase in protection given to the autonomy of individuals; 2.) the increasing fluidity of family relationships that makes it easier both for members to leave their families and for families to expel their deviant members and 3.) the decreasing ability of communitiesto strictly uphold the moral order of public places. Finding ways to strike the appropriate balance between protecting families and communities and respecting individual autonomy may be the most essential question social groups will face as they respond to the seriously mentally ill in the future.

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Section: The Decline Of Family Authority and The Response To Mental Imentioning

confidence: 99%