Short-term civil commitment and the violent patient
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 139 (9), 1145-1149
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.9.1145
Abstract
To explore the specificity of criteria for civil commitment for dangerousness, the relationship between civil commitment for dangerousness to others under the California [USA] Civil Commitment Statute (the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act) and violent acts and behavioral ratings made immediately after commitment was examined. Using a prospective design they evaluated 84 subjects. The ratings of violent acts for subjects considered dangerous to others were no different than those of a nondangerous control group. The subjects considered dangerous to others differed on several subscales of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. Implications of these results for civil commitment proceedings are discussed.Keywords
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