Admission patterns at South Carolina's state psychiatric hospitals following legislative reform. Academic Article

abstract

• Despite the last revision of South Carolina's mental health law in 1977, multivariate analyses of social, legal, and clinical variables for inpatient hospitalization in 1981 reveal that the state's mental hospitals are still a dumping ground for minority groups and those who are at a disadvantage with regard to the law. Emergency commitments have increased over 300% since passage of the new law, and approximately half of these commitments result in release at the subsequent probate hearing.

authors

• Mestrovic, Stjepan

published proceedings

• J Psychiatry Law

author list (cited authors)

• Mestrovic, S.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Mestrovic, Stjepan

publication date

• December 1982

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• The Journal of psychiatry & law  Journal

keywords

• African Americans
• Age Factors
• Chronic Disease
• Commitment Of Mentally Ill
• Data Collection
• Emergency Medical Services
• Empirical Approach
• Female
• Hospitals, Psychiatric
• Hospitals, Public
• Humans
• Jurisprudence
• Legal Approach
• Legislation As Topic
• Mental Health Therapies
• Mentally Ill Persons
• Patient Admission
• Reference Standards
• Schizophrenia
• Single Person
• Socioeconomic Factors
• South Carolina
• State Government
• Vulnerable Populations
• Women

PubMed Central ID

• 11658388

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/009318538201000405

start page

• 457

end page

• 469

volume

• 10

issue

• 4

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being