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 …

Policy makers have recently begun to reconsider involuntary outpatient commitment as a
means of enhancing public safety and providing mental health services to people deemed to …

Many experimental trials of community mental health interventions fail to develop testable
conceptual models of the specific mechanisms and pathways by which relevant outcomes …

Outpatient commitment (OPC), a major form of involuntary community-based treatment, has
evolved in the United States on a state-by-state basis amidst a storm of controversy. The …

Many states use civil commitment—a statutorily created and court-ordered form of
compulsory treatment—to compel people with mental illness who become gravely disabled …

Despite the growing emphasis on treatment in the least restrictive environment, states rarely
use commitment to outpatient treatment as an alternative to involuntary hospitalization. The …

We are witnessing an unprecedented wave of interest in outpatient commitment. In part,
enthusiasm for outpatient commitment stems from concerns about highly publicized acts of …

The authors describe studies showing the effectiveness of involuntary outpatient
commitment in improving treatment compliance, reducing hospital readmission, and …

This article analyzes the legal and therapeutic jurisprudence considerations raised by
outpatient commitment. Although older forms of outpatient commitment have both legal and …

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 …