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 StatementsMeSH KeywordsCommitment of Mentally IllHospitals, PsychiatricHumansPatient AdmissionPatient DischargeConceptsVoluntary 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