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Debating Outpatient Commitment: Controversy, Trends, and Empirical Data:
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The debate regarding outpatient commitment, current state of research on its effect, and emerging policy issues in more recent outpatient commitment statutes are explored.Abstract:
Involuntary outpatient commitment is one of the most controversial issues in mental disability law. The criminal justice system at all levels has had difficulty in responding to the growing number of defendants with mental illness and substance-abuse disorders. Outpatient commitment has been offered as a tool that might reduce recidivism and violence among at least some individuals—these outcomes are as important to criminal justice professionals as they are to mental health professionals. This article explores the debate regarding outpatient commitment, current state of research on its effect, and emerging policy issues in more recent outpatient commitment statutes.read more
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Psychological Evaluations for the Courts: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of the legal system: sources of law, the Court System, and the Adjudicative Process. But their focus is on mental health professionals.
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Persons with severe mental illness in jails and prisons: a review.
TL;DR: One of the greatest problems of deinstitutionalization has been the very large number of persons with severe mental illness who have entered the criminal justice system instead of the mental health system.
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Assessing the New York City Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Pilot Program
Henry J. Steadman,Kostas Gounis,Deborah Dennis,Kim Hopper,Brenda Roche,Marvin S. Swartz,Pamela Clark Robbins +6 more
TL;DR: The study evaluated the effectiveness of a three-year outpatient commitment pilot program established in 1994 at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, and found that persons with a history of violence were excluded from the program.
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Involuntary out-patient commitment and reduction of violent behaviour in persons with severe mental illness
Jeffrey W. Swanson,Marvin S. Swartz,H. Ryan Wagner,Barbara J. Burns,Randy Borum,Virginia Aldigé Hiday +5 more
TL;DR: OPC may significantly reduce risk of violent behaviour in persons with SMI, in part by improving adherence to medications while diminishing substance misuse.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Outpatient Commitment in North Carolina
Marvin S. Swartz,Jeffrey W. Swanson,Virginia Aldigé Hiday,H. Ryan Wagner,Barbara J. Burns,Randy Borum +5 more
TL;DR: Outpatient commitment can improve treatment outcomes when the court order is sustained and combined with relatively intensive community treatment, particularly effective among individuals with psychotic disorders.