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Outpatient commitment: a therapeutic jurisprudence analysis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16700139     Owner:  KIE     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This article analyzes the legal and therapeutic jurisprudence considerations raised by outpatient commitment. Although older forms of outpatient commitment have both legal and therapeutic advantages, preventive outpatient commitment raises serious legal problems and potential antitherapeutic consequences that may outweigh its claimed therapeutic value. As a result, alternatives are proposed, including wider availability of community treatment and outreach and case management services, assertive community treatment, police and mental health court diversion programs, and creative uses of advanced directive instruments and behavioral contracting. Proposals also are made for how preventive outpatient commitment can be applied more therapeutically, including hearings that accord patients a sense of procedural justice and techniques designed to motivate individuals facing such hearings to agree to accept treatment voluntarily.
Authors:
Bruce J Winick
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Psychology, public policy, and law : an official law review of the University of Arizona College of Law and the University of Miami School of Law     Volume:  9     ISSN:  1076-8971     ISO Abbreviation:  Psychol Public Policy Law     Publication Date:    2003 Mar-Jun
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-05-15     Completed Date:  2006-05-25     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9508164     Medline TA:  Psychol Public Policy Law     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  107-44     Citation Subset:  E    
Affiliation:
University of Miami School of Law, 1311 Miller Drive, Room G477, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA. bwinick@law.miami.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Advance Directives
Civil Rights
Coercion
Commitment of Mentally Ill / legislation & jurisprudence*
Community Mental Health Services / ethics,  legislation & jurisprudence*
Deinstitutionalization
Empirical Research
Freedom
Humans
Informed Consent
Judicial Role
Jurisprudence*
Mandatory Programs* / ethics
Mental Disorders / therapy
Mental Health
Mentally Ill Persons*
Motivation
Patient Compliance*
Psychotherapy
Psychotropic Drugs / therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome*
United States
Voluntary Programs* / ethics
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Psychotropic Drugs

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