Zusman J
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1985 Sep;36(9):978-80. doi: 10.1176/ps.36.9.978.
The author commends the American Psychiatric Association's model law on civil commitment model law on civil commitment as a practical document that is symbolic of psychiatry's concern about the quality of public mental health services. However, he believes that even the most progressive mental health laws have done little to ensure better or more responsive delivery of psychiatric services. Their effectiveness has been hampered by states' failure to provide funds for adequate services, lax interpretation and application of their provisions, and increasingly bureaucratic procedures resulting in impersonal treatment of patients. The author would strengthen the model law's section on patient advocacy, giving greater autonomy to advocates, and would extend legal authority for commitment to psychologists meeting specific qualifications.
作者称赞美国精神病学协会的民事收容示范法，认为它是一份切实可行的文件，象征着精神病学对公共心理健康服务质量的关注。然而，他认为，即使是最进步的心理健康法律，在确保提供更好或更有响应性的精神科服务方面也收效甚微。这些法律的有效性受到了多种因素的阻碍，包括各州未能为充足的服务提供资金、对其条款的宽松解释和应用，以及日益官僚化的程序导致对患者的冷漠对待。作者将加强示范法中关于患者权益倡导的部分，赋予倡导者更大的自主权，并将对符合特定资质的心理学家的收容法律权限予以扩展。
