RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Involuntary Administration of Medication in the Community: The Judicial Opportunity
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 283
OP 292
VO 17
IS 3
A1 Schmidt, Marilyn J.
A1 Geller, Jeffrey L.
YR 1989
UL http://jaapl.org/content/17/3/283.abstract
AB In a state in which patient refusal of antipsychotic medication in all nonemergency situations must be respected, lawyers and psychiatrists in western Massachusetts have employed probate court decisions as involuntary outpatient treatment orders. The legal, administrative, and clinical issues in sustaining court-ordered outpatient treatment are discussed by focusing on case examples demonstrating some successes, some challenges, and some failures. Judicially sanctioned involuntary outpatient treatment presents an alternative model to statutorily based outpatient commitment.