John George operates a psychiatric emergency services department (PES), both for voluntary and involuntary ("5150") admissions, and has inpatient units for longer term psychiatric holds.

Citywide, just as involuntary admissions to foster care have declined in recent years, so have the number of voluntary placements.

In many countries including the USA and Canada, the criteria for involuntary admission vary with local jurisdiction.

The involuntary admission slipped out so suddenly that he scarcely realized what he had said-he, the woman-hater.

The main purpose of the law is to regulate the involuntary admission of people into a psychiatric hospital.

She even manages a persuasive variation on the Rattigan twitch, her upper lip continually curling into an involuntary admission of self-disgust.

The two most often utilized grounds for involuntary admission are said to be serious likelihood of immediate or imminent danger to self or others, and the need for treatment.

She's an involuntary admission.

The Act provides for the involuntary civil admission of patients on grounds of mental disorder.

18 This campaign against heresy involved an involuntary admission of its persuasive power; yet the bishops prevailed.