The author describes how the Ohio Psychiatric Association (OPA) worked
with the state legislature to ensure that the revision of Ohio's laws
regarding involuntary commitment of the mentally ill reflected what
psychiatrists felt to be in the best interests of patients. The OPA was
successful in changing the definition of "persons subject to
hospitalization by court order," in abolishing suggested 90-day and 180-
day limits on the hospitalization of certain kinds of patients, in
supporting the participation of psychologists in the admission process
after the presence of a medical examiner had been affirmed, and in
protecting the confidentiality of private patients' records.
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