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  2. Involuntary commitment - Wikipedia

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    The creation of this hospital, as of many others, was largely the work of Dorothea Lynde Dix, whose philanthropic efforts extended over many states, and in Europe as far as Constantinople. Many state hospitals in the United States were built in the 1850s and 1860s on the Kirkbride Plan , an architectural style meant to have curative effect.

  3. Involuntary commitment by country - Wikipedia

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    Community treatment orders can be used in the first instance or after a period of admission to hospital as a voluntary/involuntary patient. With the trend towards deinstitutionalization, this situation is becoming increasingly frequent, and hospital admission is restricted to people with severe mental illnesses.

  4. Lying-in - Wikipedia

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    Lying-in is the term given to the European [citation needed] forms of postpartum confinement, the traditional practice involving long bed rest before [1] and after giving birth. The term and the practice it describes are old-fashioned or archaic , but lying-in used to be considered an essential component of the postpartum period , even if there ...

  5. Suicide watch - Wikipedia

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    Suicide watch (sometimes shortened to SW) is an intensive monitoring process used to ensure that any person cannot attempt suicide.Usually the term is used in reference to inmates or patients in a prison, hospital, psychiatric hospital or military base.

  6. Isolation (health care) - Wikipedia

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    Quarantine is the compulsory separation and confinement, with restriction of movement, of individuals or groups who have potentially been exposed to an infectious microorganism, to prevent further infections, should infection occur.

  7. Solitary confinement - Wikipedia

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    Solitary confinement is used on incarcerated individuals when they are considered a danger to themselves or others. It is also used on individuals who are at high risk of being harmed by others, for example because they are transgender, have served as a witness to a crime, or have been convicted of crimes such as child molestation or abuse.

  8. House arrest - Wikipedia

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    Alexei Nikolaevich and his sister Tatiana Nikolaevna surrounded by guards during their house arrest in Tsarskoye Selo, April 1917. House arrest (also called home confinement, or electronic monitoring) is a legal measure where a person is required to remain at their residence under supervision, typically as an alternative to imprisonment.

  9. Involuntary treatment - Wikipedia

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    Once voluntarily within a mental health hospital, rules, process, and information asymmetry (the fact that healthcare providers know more about how the hospital functions than a patient) can be used to achieve compliance from a person in voluntary treatment. To prevent someone from leaving voluntarily, staff may use stalling tactics made ...