Who initiates emergency commitments?

Authors

Annette Christy, University of South Florida
Jessica Handelsman, University of South Florida
Ardis Hanson, University of South Florida
Ezra Ochschorn, University of South Florida

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

Florida's Mental Health Act was amended in 2005 and 2006 to include licensed mental health counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists, respectively, to the list of professionals authorized to initiate emergency commitments. The present study evaluates the volume of involuntary emergency commitments by type of initiator for a 5 year period.

Scholar Commons Citation

Christy, A., Handelsman, J., Hanson, A., & Ochshorn, E. (2009). Who initiates emergency commitments? Community Mental Health Journal, 46(2), 188-191. doi10.1007/s10597-009-9216-5.