14 - INVOLUNTARY OUTPATIENT COMMITMENT – WHY USING IT? WHY MAINTAINING THAT? – THE REALITY OF LEIRIA’S HOSPITAL

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Poças ◽  
Sérgio Martinho
Keyword(s):  
Outpatient Commitment

Evaluation of the New York City (Bellevue) Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Pilot Program

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Hopper ◽  
Henry J. Steadman ◽  
Jeanne Dumont ◽  
David L. Shern ◽  
Marvin Swartz
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Pilot Program ◽  
Outpatient Commitment

scholarly journals Randomised controlled trials and outpatient commitment

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. e31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Burns ◽  
Steve Kisely ◽  
Jorun Rugkåsa
Keyword(s):  
Randomised Controlled Trials ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Outpatient Commitment ◽  
Randomised Controlled

The Quandaries of Enforced Community Treatment and Unenforceable Outpatient Commitment Statutes

1986 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 149-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L. Geller
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Community Treatment ◽  
Outpatient Commitment ◽  
Legal Sanctions ◽  
Least Restrictive Alternative

One response to the problems created by deinstitutionalization has been outpatient commitment. Involuntary community treatment presents a series of dilemmas, including those involving the role of enforced treatment in psychiatry, the implementation of informed consent, the application of “least restrictive alternative,” and the ever-widening liability of psychiatrists. While outpatient commitment itself presents conundrums, outpatient commitment which is unenforceable brings the psychiatrist to even further quandaries. Using Pennsylvania as an example, the difficulties posed by unenforceable outpatient commitment are presented. The author concludes that although coerced community treatment may be successful even without legal sanctions, this is not an ethically sound solution.

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