Durham M L, Pierce G L
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1982 Mar;33(3):216-9. doi: 10.1176/ps.33.3.216.
In 1973 Washington State changed its civil commitment law to more rigorously control the number of involuntary commitments in a move consistent with the national trend toward deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill and the development of community treatment alternatives. In 1979, after six years of working within narrowly drawn criteria for commitment, the state strengthened its civil commitment authority through revisions that included expanding the definition of "gravely disabled", adding destruction of property to the "likelihood of serious harm" clause, making the provisions for revoking conditional releases more stringent, and allowing spouses of mentally ill individuals to testify against them during commitment proceedings. Early figures show that involuntary commitments, while trying to cope with federal cutbacks and diminishing resources.
1973年，华盛顿州修改了其民事收容法，以更严格地控制非自愿收容的人数，这一举措与全国将精神病患者非机构化以及发展社区治疗替代方案的趋势相一致。1979年，在依据狭义的收容标准工作了六年之后，该州通过修订加强了其民事收容权力，修订内容包括扩大“严重残疾”的定义，在“严重伤害可能性”条款中增加财产破坏行为，使撤销有条件释放的规定更加严格，并允许精神病患者的配偶在收容程序中出庭指证他们。早期数据显示，非自愿收容情况……同时还在努力应对联邦政府的削减和资源减少的问题。 （注：原文最后“while trying to cope with federal cutbacks and diminishing resources.”后面似乎内容不完整）
