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Videoconferences for psychiatric patients OK’d

The judges of the St. Louis Circuit Court on Monday unanimously approved a rule change that would allow the probate court to conduct civil commitment hearings through videoconferencing. A group of psychiatric hospitals had asked the court to consider videoconferences for the hearings, which are held to determine whether mentally ill patients should be involuntarily committed. The ...

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