The courts' assumption that patients' refusals of treatment are based on autonomous
decision making was evaluated by examining the opinions of 24 involuntarily medicated …

The authors evaluated 31 patients consecutively admitted to a locked acute treatment unit in
California to determine the severity of their symptomatology, their attitudes toward treatment …

The authors studied patients' refusal of medication during a three-month period on an
inpatient service of a community mental health center. Although refusal of medication was …

The right to refuse antipsychotic medication is now more than a decade old. Its evolution has
taken divergent forms, driven either by the needs of patients' treatment or the mandate of …

The right of involuntary civilly committed patients to refuse psychotropic or antipsychotic
medication has been increasingly recognized by courts~ and legislatures: over the last …

A patient's refusal of psychotropic medications is often dealt with as a legal problem
requiring a legal solution. Such an approach, however, may severely compromise future …

Discussion The patients in this group were quite severely disturbed, and they showed a
good response to medication. Delay of treatment probably would have resulted in prolonged …

To illustrate the dilemma in evaluating and treating patients who deny their illness, the
authors present the case of a woman with paranoia who denied she was ill and refused …

• Refusal of treatment with antipsychotic medication was studied prospectively in a sample of
1434 psychiatric patients admitted to four acute inpatient units in state-operated mental …

A 35-year-old single, male attorney in private practice was referred for psychiatric treatment
from another psychiatrist, accompanied by his parents. Over the preceding 3 years, the …