RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Drug Treatment Refusal and Length of Hospitalization of insanity Acquittees JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law SP 279 OP 284 VO 16 IS 3 A1 Mary H. Williams A1 Joseph D. Bloom A1 Larry R. Faulkner A1 Jeffrey L. Rogers A1 Sally L. Godard YR 1988 UL http://jaapl.org/content/16/3/279.abstract AB Thirty-three insanity acquittees who had refused drug treatment were matched to a sample of nonrefusing hospitalized insanity acquittees in an attempt to measure the effect of treatment refusal on length of hospital stay. No measurable effects on the length of hospitalization were found. However, upon comparing the amount of time under court jurisdiction spent in the hospital and on conditional release in the community, it becomes evident that refusers spent significantly greater proportions of time hospitalized than the average hospitalized insanity acquittee, who had less hospitalization and spent more time on conditional release. These differences do not seem to be related to the issue of treatment refusal.