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COVID-19, Civil Commitment, and Ethics

Renée M. Sorrentino, Laura A. DiCola and Susan Hatters Friedman
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2020, 48 (4) 436-441; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.200080-20
Renée M. Sorrentino
Dr. Sorrentino is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School and the Institute for Sexual Wellness, Boston, MA. Dr. DiCola is Forensic Psychiatry Fellow, Law and Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Friedman is the Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, and Adjunct Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
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Dr. Sorrentino is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School and the Institute for Sexual Wellness, Boston, MA. Dr. DiCola is Forensic Psychiatry Fellow, Law and Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Friedman is the Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, and Adjunct Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
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Dr. Sorrentino is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School and the Institute for Sexual Wellness, Boston, MA. Dr. DiCola is Forensic Psychiatry Fellow, Law and Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Friedman is the Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, and Adjunct Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
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vol. 48 no. 4 436-441
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https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.200080-20
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33004424

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  • Published online December 23, 2020.

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  1. Renée M. Sorrentino, MD,
  2. Laura A. DiCola, MD and
  3. Susan Hatters Friedman, MD
  1. Dr. Sorrentino is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School and the Institute for Sexual Wellness, Boston, MA. Dr. DiCola is Forensic Psychiatry Fellow, Law and Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Friedman is the Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, and Adjunct Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
  1. Address correspondence to: Renée M. Sorrentino, MD. E-mail: rsorrentino{at}mgh.harvard.edu.

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