Lamb H R, Sorkin A P, Zusman J
Am J Psychiatry. 1981 Mar;138(3):334-9. doi: 10.1176/ajp.138.3.334.
The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act in California has been acclaimed for protecting the civil rights of the mentally ill and curbing unnecessary involuntary psychiatric hospitalization. Its passage, however, has not prevented an increase in the rate of involuntary admissions to state hospitals and a marked decrease in the rate of voluntary admissions. This has greatly changed the functions and problems of state hospitals. In local as well as state hospitals large numbers of people continue to become involuntary psychiatric patients. In many cases this results from gaps between the law and its implementation. It appears that professionals, the courts, families, and society generally feel a continuing need for social control of the mentally ill.
加利福尼亚州的《兰特曼-佩特里斯-肖特法案》因保护精神病患者的民权以及遏制不必要的非自愿精神病住院治疗而广受赞誉。然而，该法案的通过并未阻止州立医院非自愿住院率的上升以及自愿住院率的显著下降。这极大地改变了州立医院的功能和问题。在地方和州立医院，仍有大量的人继续成为非自愿精神病患者。在许多情况下，这是法律与实施之间的差距导致的。看来，专业人员、法院、家庭和整个社会普遍感到持续需要对精神病患者进行社会管控。
