PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Edelsohn, Gail A.
AU  - Hiday, Virginia Aldigé
TI  - Civil Commitment: A Range of Patient Attitudes
DP  - 1990 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 65--77
VI  - 18
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/18/1/65.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/18/1/65.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1990 Mar 01; 18
AB  - The authors interviewed adult civil commitment excandidates about their perceptions of commitment six months after discharge. Scales were developed for the following constructs: perceived need of commitment, perceived personal consequences of commitment, view of medication, view of primary hospital physician, and view of hospital experience. Excandidates had a mixed view of commitment. The majority reported positive views, but a substantial minority endorsed negative descriptors.