Psychiatric Emergency Commitments in Hawaii: Tests of Dangerousness

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THE Federal District Court in Hawaii has provided another, very strict ruling on the constitutional requirements for involuntary hospitalization of mentally ill persons, this time regarding emergency commitments.1 In an earlier case in 1976 involving the same parties, Judge King had struck down the long-term-commitment provisions of the Hawaii program as violative of due process of law.2 Later in 1976, the Hawaii Legislature attempted to correct the law in accordance with the Court's opinion, especially in the area of emergency commitment. The Court had, in an unusual accommodation, retained jurisdiction of the matter over the months to await the amendments . . .

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