title: The epidemiology of involuntary psychiatric hospitalization in Israel.
abstract: The reasons for both voluntary and involuntary admissions of patients into psychiatric hospitals in Israel is discussed. An analysis is presented of the demographic and clinical features of those admitted during the period from 1983 to 1988.
authors: Department of Information and Evaluation, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Popper
mesh_terms: D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007557:Israel; D012042:Registries