Compulsory admissions to mental hospitals in six countries.
Author: Soothill KL, Harding TW, Adserballe H, Bernheim J, Erne S, Magdi S, Panpreecha C, Reinhold F.
Source:
International journal of law and psychiatry.. 1981; 4(3-4): 327-44
Compared the characteristics of 181 psychiatric patients (e.g., previous psychiatric history, main diagnosis, type of treatment received, length of hospital stay) subject to compulsory admission procedures in Brazil, Denmark, Egypt, Swaziland, Switzerland, and Thailand.