@article {5106, title = {State Laws on Emergency Holds for Mental Health Stabilization.}, journal = {Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)}, year = {2016}, month = {2016 Feb 29}, pages = {appips201500205}, abstract = {Psychiatric emergency hold laws permit involuntary admission to a health care facility of a person with an acute mental illness under certain circumstances. This study documented critical variation in state laws, identified important questions for evaluation research, and created a data set of laws to facilitate the public health law research of emergency hold laws{\textquoteright} impact on mental health outcomes.}, issn = {1557-9700}, author = {Hedman, Leslie C and Petrila, John and Fisher, William H and Swanson, Jeffrey W and Dingman, Deirdre A and Burris, Scott} }