Commentary and analysis: the Draft Act Governing Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill: its genesis and its legacy
Authors
Appelbaum, Paul S.UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of PsychiatryDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2000-02-02Keywords
Commitment of Mentally IllHistory, 20th Century
Hospitalization
Humans
Legislation, Medical
Mental Disorders
Paternal Behavior
United States
Life Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
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As a follow-up to the preceding article first published in the February 1953 issue, Paul Appelbaum, M.D., offers a commentary and analysis on the revised Draft Act Governing Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill. He includes its psychiatric context in the five-year period between 1951 and 1955 and later developments related to involuntary commitment.Source
Psychiatr Serv. 2000 Feb;51(2):190-4.