title: When is enough enough: the administrative discharge.
abstract: This paper has described the process of administrative discharge. Indications for its implementation and obstacles to recognizing its appropriateness have been reported. Administrative discharge is a process that has profound effects on the treatment milieu. It deserves further study to document more fully the patients who are subject to it and their eventual clinical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leibenluft
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology