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Civil Commitment of the Mentally Ill: An Overview

MARK J. MILLS

This article discusses historical themes that led to the civil commitment reforms of the sixties and seventies. The changes in the substantive criteria for commitment are analyzed and critiqued. The author believes that the present criteria tend to focus so specifically on various external indicia of mental illness that they render commitment difficult for many seriously ill patients. An alternative commitment scheme is discussed.

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 484, No. 1, 28-41 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/0002716286484001003
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