Involuntary Commitments: Billing Patients for Forced Psychiatric Care

Nathaniel P Morris; Robert A Kleinman

doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20030319

Involuntary Commitments: Billing Patients for Forced Psychiatric Care

Am J Psychiatry. 2020 Dec 1;177(12):1115-1116. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20030319.

Authors

Nathaniel P Morris¹, Robert A Kleinman¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif.

PMID: 33256438
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20030319

No abstract available

Keywords: Administration and Management; Emergency Psychiatry; Ethics; Inpatient Psychiatry; Mental Health Care/Service Delivery Systems; Sociopolitical Issues.

MeSH terms

Commitment of Mentally Ill / economics*
Commitment of Mentally Ill / ethics*
Health Care Costs / ethics*
Humans
Involuntary Commitment / ethics*