Discuss the prevalence of involuntary commitment.
What will be an ideal response?
Key terms and concepts that may be included in student responses:
? Available studies suggest that about one in four admissions to inpatient psychiatric facilities in the United States is involuntary.
? 15 to 20 percent of inpatient admissions in European countries are involuntary.
? Admissions to state and county mental hospitals are much more likely to be involuntary than admissions to other types of hospitals.
? One study indicated that nearly half of the adults admitted voluntarily to inpatient psychiatric facilities said that someone other than themselves had initiated their going to the hospital.
? 40 percent of voluntary patients believe they would have been involuntarily committed if they had not volunteered to be hospitalized.
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