Medication refusal--clinical picture and outcome after use of administrative review

Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 1994;22(4):595-603.

Abstract

To determine the effectiveness of the Administrative Review as a tool in discerning which patients who refuse medication should be medicated involuntarily; define characteristics of voluntarily and involuntarily committed patients who refuse medication; and compare posttreatment status of patients who successfully refused medication with those who were administered medication involuntarily.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antipsychotic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Commitment of Mentally Ill
  • Decision Making*
  • Delusions
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Louisiana
  • Male
  • Mentally Ill Persons*
  • Middle Aged
  • Organizational Policy
  • Patient Advocacy / psychology*
  • Psychotic Disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  • Social Adjustment
  • Treatment Refusal / psychology*
  • Violence

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents