Assertion: involuntary commitment | /r/Synonym | the united kingdom
Facets:
value: informally
type: MANNER
value: in some jurisdictions
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Involuntary commitment or civil commitment (also known informally as sectioning or being sectioned in some jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom) is a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qualified agent to have symptoms of severe mental disorder is ordered by a court into treatment in a psychiatric hospital (inpatient) or in the community (outpatient).