Many states use civil commitment — a statutorily created and court-ordered form of compulsory treatment — to compel people with mental illness who become gravely disabled or dangerous to themselves or others to undergo treatment. In the last decade, many states have amended or interpreted their existing civil commitment statutes to allow for involuntary outpatient treatment. Such a law has been proposed for California. At the request of the California State Senate, the authors conducted a systematic literature review on involuntary outpatient commitment; examined the experience of eight other states including statutory analysis and in-depth interviews with attorneys, public officials, and psychiatrists; and analyzed California administrativ...
This Note provides an overview of California\u27s mental health care system. It discusses the histor...
Outpatient commitment of the mentally ill is court-ordered treatment in the community and is usually...
This paper reviews the debate over civil commitment to outpatient settings of people with mental ill...
Many states use civil commitment — a statutorily created and court-ordered form of compulsory treatm...
An estimated 10.4 million adults (18 years or older) in the United States live with a serious and pe...
There is controversy as to whether compulsory community treatment for people with severe mental illn...
Outpatient commitment (OPC), a major form of involuntary community-based treatment, has evolved in t...
Over the recent years, increased attention has been paid to non-compliance by mentally disordered pa...
We are witnessing an unprecedented wave of interest in outpatient commitment. In part, enthusiasm fo...
I. Introduction: The (Perceived) Need for Outpatient Commitment II. Commitment to Outpatient Treatme...
Involuntary outpatient commitment provisions are explicitly written into mental health laws in Austr...
A recent survey of state statutes for outpatient commitment (Torrey and Kaplan, 1995) indicates that...
Objective: This study considers three hypotheses regarding the impact of extended involuntary outpat...
Treating people with mental disorder without their consent always has been the defining human rights...
Background: Violent behaviour among persons with severe mental illness (SMI) causes public concern a...
This Note provides an overview of California\u27s mental health care system. It discusses the histor...
Outpatient commitment of the mentally ill is court-ordered treatment in the community and is usually...
This paper reviews the debate over civil commitment to outpatient settings of people with mental ill...
Many states use civil commitment — a statutorily created and court-ordered form of compulsory treatm...
An estimated 10.4 million adults (18 years or older) in the United States live with a serious and pe...
There is controversy as to whether compulsory community treatment for people with severe mental illn...
Outpatient commitment (OPC), a major form of involuntary community-based treatment, has evolved in t...
Over the recent years, increased attention has been paid to non-compliance by mentally disordered pa...
We are witnessing an unprecedented wave of interest in outpatient commitment. In part, enthusiasm fo...
I. Introduction: The (Perceived) Need for Outpatient Commitment II. Commitment to Outpatient Treatme...
Involuntary outpatient commitment provisions are explicitly written into mental health laws in Austr...
A recent survey of state statutes for outpatient commitment (Torrey and Kaplan, 1995) indicates that...
Objective: This study considers three hypotheses regarding the impact of extended involuntary outpat...
Treating people with mental disorder without their consent always has been the defining human rights...
Background: Violent behaviour among persons with severe mental illness (SMI) causes public concern a...
This Note provides an overview of California\u27s mental health care system. It discusses the histor...
Outpatient commitment of the mentally ill is court-ordered treatment in the community and is usually...
This paper reviews the debate over civil commitment to outpatient settings of people with mental ill...