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The Harvard Model of decision making in cases of involuntary committment

AGNIESZKA PIETRZYK¹

1. Katedry Psychologii Klinicznej Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach

Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1997, 6, suplement 1 (4), 149-155

Keywords: involuntary commitment to mental hospital, decision making, the Harvard Model

Abstract

Regulations and practices that have been in force for over two decades now in the USA regarding decision making in cases of involuntary commitment of persons manifesting mental disorders are presented in the paper.

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Address for correspondence:
Dr Agnieszka Pietrzyk,
Katedra Psychologii Klinicznej Uniwersytetu Śląskiego,
ul. Grażyńskiego 53,
40-126 Katowice