… For many reasons, professionals are more likely incorrectly to believe that harm will occur
or that involuntary treatment in a closed institution is necessary than incorrectly to believe the …

… -called right to treatment - like that to life, liberty, and the pursuit … study in the area of involuntary
treatment, and the results of … no trouble asserting that involuntary treatment does profit the …

… Determination of incapacity, required for involuntary treatment, must be made by clear and
convincing evidence at an evidentiary hearing. Furthermore, the state (or a conservator) must …

… liberty are evident in recent laws and court judgments governing the legal rights of the mentally
impaired. Current criteria for involuntary civil … criteria for involuntary civil commitment, the …

… to patients’ strengths and abilities and debriefing with patients after involuntary treatments …
hospitalization must be facilitated in a way that necessarily denies the liberties of the severely …

… Later documents incorporate many references stating that in cases of involuntary
placement or involuntary treatment a person's interest should be taken into account.The most …

… deprived of his liberty without due process of law." Due process required that a person
involuntarily civilly committed to a state mental hospital "receive such individual treatment as will …

… that indlvlduals have a right to liberty: At the same time we do … which could be said to justify
denial of liberty to a mentally ill … be possible to justify the involuntary treatment of at least some …

… need for treatment, fall prisoner6 to this "liberty interest… treatment on the ground of security
considerations may be more compelling for prisoners. On the other hand, involuntary treatment …

… civil commitment proceedings are being deferred to mental health professionals, introducing
a clinical bias toward treatment over civil liberties, … the way in which involuntary treatment is …