Voluntary Psychiatric Hospitalization and Patient-Driven Requests for Discharge
Garakani A, Shalenberg E, Burstin SC, Brendel R, Appel JM. Voluntary Psychiatric Hospitalization and Patient-Driven Requests for Discharge. Harvard Review Of Psychiatry 2014, 22: 241-249. PMID: 24983871, DOI: 10.1097/hrp.0000000000000044.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsVoluntary psychiatric admissionVoluntary Psychiatric HospitalizationLegal rightsState lawsVoluntary admissionPatients' legal rightsCivil rights protectionsInvoluntary commitment proceedingsRights of patientsMajority of statesMost U.S. statesLegal provisionsRights protectionCommitment proceedingsLexis-NexisVoluntary hospitalizationGeneral ruleMost statesDecisional capacityProvisionLawRightsU.S. statesAdmission proceduresInpatient psychiatric admission