title: The psychiatric hospital and therapeutic jurisprudence: applying the law to promote mental health.
abstract: If the law provided for accessible and efficient means to facilitate mental health treatment, the law itself could be a component of the comprehensive care system.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychology Training Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Elbogen
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Tomkins
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D005544:Forecasting; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008603:Mental Health; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States