The effect of legal representation on clinical measures in involuntarily admitted psychiatric patients: a retrospective study

• Main Authors: Yaacov Cohen (Author), Ariel L. Bendor (Author), Roy Gilbar (Author), Orly Cohen (Author), Razek Khawaled (Author), Arieh Dienstag (Author), Amit Lotan (Author), Omer Bonne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Most western countries provide funded legal representation (LR) for involuntarily admitted psychiatric patients appearing before judicial committees. In 2004, an amendment to the Israeli Mental Health Act granted this right to involuntarily committed psychiatric patients. Psychia...