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Without adequate local services, implementation of involuntary outpatient commitment will underserve people who are voluntarily seeking treatment without any net gain in the number of people receiving outpatient services.
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Aug 20, 2024 · The use of involuntary commitment raises legal concerns, but this intervention enables clinicians to provide potentially lifesaving care in situations where withholding care would endanger individuals by depriving them of necessary treatment.
Ending Involuntary Commitment for People With Treatment-Resistant Mental Illness and Grave Disability In the United States, people may be involuntarily hospital-ized in acute psychiatric units when, as a result of mental illness, they pose an acute safety risk and refuse voluntary care (1).
Mar 1, 2001 · The threat of outpatient commitment drives away the people who need to be treated. This objection alleges that individuals who have been treated involuntarily or threatened with involuntary treatment will thereafter avoid treatment.
Seeking an involuntary commitment has its own challenges. Stoklosa said it is not a finish line, and often is only the beginning of a patient’s mental health treatment.
Apr 17, 2024 · Several states have changed their policies in recent years to make involuntary commitment easier for people with severe mental illnesses. But forced treatment still raises civil rights questions, with some saying it can harm, not help patients.
May 4, 2020 · Involuntary psychiatric treatment for people with serious mental illness should focus on returning to health instead of reducing danger.
