RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Civil Commitment: A Range of Patient Attitudes
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 65
OP 77
VO 18
IS 1
A1 Edelsohn, Gail A.
A1 Hiday, Virginia Aldigé
YR 1990
UL http://jaapl.org/content/18/1/65.abstract
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.