Gove W R, Fain T
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1977 Jun;34(6):669-76. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1977.01770180055004.
This study compares a set of voluntary and committed patients. At the time of hospitalization, the committed patients had fewer social and economic resources and more serious impairments. In general, the type of hospitalization appeared to be primarily a consequence of the nature and severity of the patient's disorder. In the hospital the two sets of patients received fairly comparable treatment and the differences that did occur would appear to be attributable to a difference in the patients' disorders. Both types of patients experienced some improvement following hospitalization in their instrumental roles, and a very discernible improvement in their interpersonal roles. As the very slight differences between the two types of patients tended to favor the committed patients it seems quite clear that the commitment process did not have long detrimental effects.
本研究对一组自愿入院患者和强制入院患者进行了比较。在住院时，强制入院患者的社会和经济资源较少，损伤也更严重。总体而言，住院类型似乎主要是由患者疾病的性质和严重程度决定的。在医院里，两组患者接受的治疗相当类似，出现的差异似乎可归因于患者疾病的不同。两类患者在住院后，其工具性角色都有了一定改善，人际角色也有了非常明显的改善。由于两类患者之间非常细微的差异往往对强制入院患者有利，很明显强制入院过程并没有长期的有害影响。
