Civil commitment--due process and the standard of proof.

The probate judge and involuntary civil commitment in South Carolina.

Previous studies have scrutinized the decision-making process of physicians involved in the civil commitment of mentally ill persons, but few have examined the process used by probate judges when deciding to issue orders of detention and when conducting commitment hearings. This study consisted of a written survey sent to all probate court judges (n = 68) in South Carolina. Factors examined in ...

The standard of proof in civil commitment proceedings in Massachusetts: Superintendent of Worcester State Hospital v. Hagberg.

"We're only trying to help": the burden and standard of proof in short-term civil commitment.

Nature and Utilization of Civil Commitment for Substance Abuse in the United States.

Substance abuse is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Although civil commitment has been used to address substance abuse for more than a century, little is known today about the nature and use of substance-related commitment laws in the United States. We examined statutes between July 2010 and October 2012 from all 50 states and the District of Columbia for provisi...

Civil commitment is disappearing in Oregon.

Over the past 20 years, in Oregon, the number of individuals entered into the civil commitment process has risen, but the number of those actually committed has gone down dramatically. This commentary compares commitment data during a time when the state's population has increased substantially, while commitment rates have dropped by 50 percent. There are many possible factors that have contrib...