The Implementation of China's Mental Health Law-Defined Risk Criteria for Involuntary Admission: A National Cross-Sectional Study of Involuntarily Hospitalized Patients

Objective: Involuntary admission is one of the most controversial issues in psychiatry in China. This study aimed to examine the implementation of the new risk criteria for involuntary admission, as defined by the new Mental Health Law (MHL), in major psychiatric hospitals; and to explore factors as...

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Published in:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Main Authors: Feng Jiang, Huixuan Zhou, Jeffrey J. Rakofsky, Linlin Hu, Tingfang Liu, Huanzhong Liu, Yuanli Liu, Yi-lang Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Subjects:
mental health law
risk criteria
implementation
psychiatric hospital
involuntary admission
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00560/full

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