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Descriptor English: Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders
Descriptor Spanish: Internamiento Obligatorio del Enfermo Mental
Descriptor hospitalización por orden judicial del enfermo mental
Entry term(s) tratamiento ambulatorio involuntario
Scope note: Proceso legal requerido para el ingreso en una institución de un paciente con problemas mentales graves.
Descriptor Portuguese: Internação de Pessoas com Transtornos Psiquiátricos
Descriptor French: Internement d'un malade mental
Entry term(s): Commitment of Mentally Ill
Commitment of Persons with Mental Illness
Commitment, Outpatient
Commitments, Outpatient
Outpatient Commitment
Outpatient Commitments
Tree number(s): F04.096.544.335.200
N03.706.535.351.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003134
Scope note: Legal process required for the institutionalization of a patient with severe psychiatric problems.
Annotation: do not coordinate with HOSPITALIZATION
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2025; COMMITMENT OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS 2024-83; was see under FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY 1975-82
History Note: 2025; COMMITMENT OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS 2024-83; was see under FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY 1975-82
Related: Handicapped Advocacy DeCS
Involuntary Commitment MeSH
Patient Advocacy MeSH
Persons with Psychiatric Disorders MeSH
DeCS ID: 3165
Unique ID: D003134
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Date Established: 1983/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2024/04/26
Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders - Preferred
Concept UI M0004856
Scope note Legal process required for the institutionalization of a patient with severe psychiatric problems.
Preferred term Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders
Entry term(s) Commitment of Mentally Ill
Commitment of Persons with Mental Illness
Outpatient Commitment - Narrower
Concept UI M0004859
Preferred term Outpatient Commitment
Entry term(s) Commitment, Outpatient
Commitments, Outpatient
Outpatient Commitments



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