Title
A competency-based approach to court-ordered outpatient treatment
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry
Publication Date
1997-10-01
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Adult; Analysis of Variance; *Commitment of Mentally Ill; Community Mental Health Services; Female; Humans; Male; Massachusetts; *Mental Competency; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Outpatients; Retrospective Studies
Disciplines
Health Services Research | Mental and Social Health | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology
Abstract
A quasi-experimental study of involuntary outpatient treatment in Massachusetts is described and analyzed. Results indicate decreased hospital use by the involuntarily treated outpatients, which may or may not be due to the involuntary intervention itself.
Source
New Dir Ment Health Serv. 1997 Fall;(75):81-95.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
New directions for mental health services
Related Resources
PubMed ID
9283196
Repository Citation
Geller, Jeffrey L.; McDermeit, Melissa; Grudzinskas, Albert J. Jr.; Lawlor, Ted; and Fisher, William H., "A competency-based approach to court-ordered outpatient treatment" (1997). Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center Publications and Presentations. 213.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_cmhsr/213
