Behavioral Correlates of Commitment: An Abortive Study
- 1 December 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 33 (3) , 707-711
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1973.33.3.707
Abstract
This study was devised to identify behavior reported in hospital admission records as leading to involuntary mental hospitalization. A survey of 101 such records was undertaken. Data were categorized with respect to legal criteria for hospitalization and behavior available in the records. Information in the records was woefully incomplete so reasons for hospitalization were unclear. The observation was made that on the basis of the hospital records, almost half the patients might be seen as being hospitalized without proper legal justification. Results are discussed with respect to social and legal aspects of involuntary hospitalization.Keywords
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