RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The Competency Paradox in Somatic Disease 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 426 OP 428 VO 45 IS 4 A1 Barry W. Wall YR 2017 UL http://jaapl.org/content/45/4/426.abstract AB Westmoreland et al. have reviewed factors associated with provider reluctance to initiate and judicial reluctance to authorize civil commitment and involuntary treatment for persons with severe anorexia nervosa. Their analysis of the legal, medical, and psychiatric elements that affect treatment outcomes contributes to professional understanding of a complex topic. Although their proposal to create guidelines for involuntary treatment for persons with eating disorders may be of clinical utility, guidelines should not be promulgated for the purposes of reaching judicial findings of law.