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A Proposal for the Capacity to Stipulate to Civil Commitment and a 50-State Review of Statutes

Rocksheng Zhong, Ashley Moreno and Tobias Wasser
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online March 2023, 51 (1) 93-102; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.220044-22
Rocksheng Zhong
Dr. Zhong is Medical Director of Northern Arizona at Southwest Behavioral & Health Services, Kingman, AZ, and Lecturer at Law & Psychiatry Division, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Moreno is a Resident at Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Wasser is Chief Medical Officer at Whiting Forensic Hospital, MIddletown, CT and Associate Professor at Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
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Ashley Moreno
Dr. Zhong is Medical Director of Northern Arizona at Southwest Behavioral & Health Services, Kingman, AZ, and Lecturer at Law & Psychiatry Division, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Moreno is a Resident at Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Wasser is Chief Medical Officer at Whiting Forensic Hospital, MIddletown, CT and Associate Professor at Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
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Tobias Wasser
Dr. Zhong is Medical Director of Northern Arizona at Southwest Behavioral & Health Services, Kingman, AZ, and Lecturer at Law & Psychiatry Division, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Moreno is a Resident at Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Wasser is Chief Medical Officer at Whiting Forensic Hospital, MIddletown, CT and Associate Professor at Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
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Rocksheng Zhong, Ashley Moreno, Tobias Wasser
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online Mar 2023, 51 (1) 93-102; DOI: 10.29158/JAAPL.220044-22

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Rocksheng Zhong, Ashley Moreno, Tobias Wasser
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online Mar 2023, 51 (1) 93-102; DOI: 10.29158/JAAPL.220044-22
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