Background: Violent behaviour among persons with severe mental illness (SMI) causes public concern and is associated with illness relapse, hospital recidivism and poor outcomes in community-based treatment. Aims: To test whether involuntary out-patient commitment (OPC) may help to reduce the incidence of violence among persons with SMI. Method: One-year randomised trial of the effectiveness of OPC in 262 subjects with psychotic or major mood disorders and a history of hospital recidivism. Involuntarily hospitalised subjects awaiting OPC were randomly assigned to release or court-ordered treatment after discharge. Those with a recent history of serious assault remained under OPC until expiry of the court order (up to 90 days); then OPC order...
Patients with severe mental illness who are treated in assertive community treatment (ACT) teams are...
Adverse media coverage of isolated incidents affects the public perception of the risk of violent be...
OBJECTIVE: Psychosis is considered an important risk factor for violence, but studies show inconsist...
Background: Violent behaviour among persons with severe mental illness (SMI) causes public concern a...
We are witnessing an unprecedented wave of interest in outpatient commitment. In part, enthusiasm fo...
An estimated 10.4 million adults (18 years or older) in the United States live with a serious and pe...
Many states use civil commitment — a statutorily created and court-ordered form of compulsory treatm...
Objectives The authors focus on the issue of involuntary psychiatric hospitalization as a possible ...
Background Antisocial behaviour is common among patients with severe mental illness (SMI) requiring...
It is estimated that one in four U.S. adults have a mental illness and that nearly half will develop...
BackgroundOutpatient civil commitment (OCC) provisions, community treatment orders (CTOs) in Austral...
Background: The present retrospective study is aimed at assessing the clinical and psychopathologica...
Aims: Persons with severe mental illness (SMI) are at increased risk of criminal offending, particul...
Background: The growing popularity of offending behavior programs has led to the interest of whether...
Background: It is controversial whether compulsory community treatment (CCT) for people with severe ...
Patients with severe mental illness who are treated in assertive community treatment (ACT) teams are...
Adverse media coverage of isolated incidents affects the public perception of the risk of violent be...
OBJECTIVE: Psychosis is considered an important risk factor for violence, but studies show inconsist...
Background: Violent behaviour among persons with severe mental illness (SMI) causes public concern a...
We are witnessing an unprecedented wave of interest in outpatient commitment. In part, enthusiasm fo...
An estimated 10.4 million adults (18 years or older) in the United States live with a serious and pe...
Many states use civil commitment — a statutorily created and court-ordered form of compulsory treatm...
Objectives The authors focus on the issue of involuntary psychiatric hospitalization as a possible ...
Background Antisocial behaviour is common among patients with severe mental illness (SMI) requiring...
It is estimated that one in four U.S. adults have a mental illness and that nearly half will develop...
BackgroundOutpatient civil commitment (OCC) provisions, community treatment orders (CTOs) in Austral...
Background: The present retrospective study is aimed at assessing the clinical and psychopathologica...
Aims: Persons with severe mental illness (SMI) are at increased risk of criminal offending, particul...
Background: The growing popularity of offending behavior programs has led to the interest of whether...
Background: It is controversial whether compulsory community treatment (CCT) for people with severe ...
Patients with severe mental illness who are treated in assertive community treatment (ACT) teams are...
Adverse media coverage of isolated incidents affects the public perception of the risk of violent be...
OBJECTIVE: Psychosis is considered an important risk factor for violence, but studies show inconsist...