Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders

Preferred Label : Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders;

MeSH definition : Legal process required for the institutionalization of a patient with severe mental problems.; Legal process required for the institutionalization of a patient with severe psychiatric problems.;

MeSH synonym : mentally ill commitments; Commitment of Persons with Mental Illness; Commitment of Mentally Ill;

CISMeF synonym : mentally ill commitment; commitment of mentally ill;

MeSH hyponym : outpatient commitment; duration of commitment; involuntary commitment; Commitment, Outpatient; Commitments, Outpatient; Outpatient Commitments; Commitment Duration; Commitment Durations; Commitment, Involuntary; Commitments, Involuntary; Involuntary Commitments;

MeSH annotation : do not coord with HOSPITALIZATION since this is inherent in the definition; do not coordinate with HOSPITALIZATION;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary commitment;

Details

Origin ID

D003134;

UMLS CUI

C0009435;

Allowable qualifiers
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders [MeSH concept]
- outpatient commitment [MeSH concept]
See also
- Handicapped Advocacy [DeCS]
- Involuntary Commitment [MeSH Descriptor]
- Persons with Psychiatric Disorders [MeSH Descriptor]
- patient advocacy [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- hospitalization [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Regulation or Law [UMLS semantic type]

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