Stone-Roth model of civil commitment and the California dangerousness standard: operational comparison.
Professional opposition to making "dangerousness" the primary criterion for involuntary civil commitment has galvanized in support of the proposed "new medical model." The Stone-Roth criteria for commitment were applied to patients being committed under California's version of the dangerousness standard. Results showed that 86% of the patients committed under the California statute were viewed by the examining psychiatrists as committable under the Stone-Roth procedures as well.
D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors; D014754:Violence