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SAMHSA document outlines historic references, updates to civil commitment
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31868
Subject(s) - mental health , administration (probate law) , public administration , substance abuse , face (sociological concept) , public relations , political science , psychology , nursing , medicine , criminology , psychiatry , sociology , law , social science
As commitment laws and policies have evolved, public behavioral health care systems face new challenges in delivering mental health services under fiscally constrained circumstances, according to a new document on civil commitment recently published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).