Involuntary commitment by country
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Involuntary commitment or civil commitment is a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qualified agent to have symptoms of severe mental disorder is detained in a psychiatric hospital (inpatient) where they can be treated involuntarily.
The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (February 2015) |
Criteria for civil commitment are established by laws, which vary between nations.