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TAC says many states fail to make the grade on involuntary treatment laws
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31607
Subject(s) - law , state (computer science) , involuntary treatment , mental state , mental illness , political science , medicine , psychiatry , mental health , mathematics , algorithm
The Treatment Advocacy Center released its state‐by‐state analysis of involuntary treatment laws Sept. 24, which found that at least one‐third of states need to significantly improve their laws to provide care for individuals with a severe mental illness.