@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}
}
