OBJECTIVES: A variety of tools are being used as leverage to improve adherence to
psychiatric treatment in the community. This study is the first to obtain data on the frequency …

Objective: This article explores the link between violence and the practice of legally
mandating treatment in the community or leveraging benefits from the social welfare system …

BackgroundCoercion has usually been equated with legal detention. Non-statutory
pressures to adhere to treatment,'leverage', have been identified as widespread in US public …

OBJECTIVE: Outpatient commitment and a number of related civil court mechanisms are
used to attempt to improve adherence to mental health treatment in the community. This …

Outpatient commitment, although often viewed as merely an extension of inpatient
commitment, is only one of a growing array of legal tools used to mandate treatment …

OBJECTIVE: Little research has been conducted on the attitudes of persons with psychiatric
disorders toward the potentially adverse or beneficial effects of involuntary outpatient …

OBJECTIVE: Clients with severe and persistent mental illnesses often require a
representative payee to help manage benefit funds. This study compared the perceptions of …

Data collected in a statewide study of psychiatric patients involved in civil commitment
bearings in North Carolina were used to evaluate the effectiveness of outpatient commitment …

Objective To determine the extent of use of outpatient commitment, a survey was undertaken
of each state and the District of Columbia. Methods One of the authors, an attorney …

OBJECTIVE: Representative payee programs help severely mentally ill individuals manage
money from their Social Security payments to cover expenses for necessities and to avoid …