title: Judicial discharge of involuntary patients.
abstract: Involuntarily hospitalized patients oftentimes request judicial review of their commitments. Many psychiatrists believe that such judicial review results in the discharge of too many of these patients. We attempted to assess this hypothesis as well as identify which patients receive judicial discharge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and the Biobehavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90024.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Leong
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Leong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles; D008297:Male; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology