Table 4

Vignette Involuntary Medication Recommendations

MeanSD
State's attorneys (n = 39)5.61.4
Publicly funded lawyers (n = 24)4.02.1
Privately funded lawyers (n = 18)5.41.9
All respondents (N = 83)*5.21.8
  • Scale: 1, involuntary medication not at all appropriate, to 7, involuntary medication absolutely essential.

  • * Note: The number for all respondents is greater than those in the preceding subgroups listed according to self identification, as state's attorneys, etc., due to missing data from four persons who did not answer the self‐identification question.