MHADS have tremendous potential to reduce patient perceptions of coercion in the
commitment process. Minimizing patient perceptions of coercion may increase their …

Objective: The literature pertaining to patients' perceptions of commitment and its
consequences is limited. The object of this study was to learn more about these experiences …

Objective: To determine best practice management strategies in the clinical application of
civil commitment. Method: All relevant literature on the topics of 'civil commitment','coercion' …

BACKGROUND: It has been hypothesized that a degree of coercion is a necessary
component in using outpatient commitment to attain therapeutic outcome for those people …

This study takes preliminary steps to examine the effects of 2 legal mechanisms—outpatient
commitment (OPC) and representative payeeship (rep payee)—on perceived coercion and …

Mental Health Advance Directives (MHADs) are potentially useful for bipolar patients due to
the episodic characteristic of their disease. An interest for the development of a Cognitive …

In civil commitment the state applies its police and parens patriae powers in order to coerce
mentally ill persons into treatment. Coercion, thus, is central to civil commitment. It also has …

This article reviews empirical research on civil commitment, which addresses the issue of
coercion either directly or indirectly. Despite coercion's centrality to civil commitment …

A psychiatric advance directive (PAD) is a legal resource that allows a person to document
his or her wishes about receiving mental health services in the event that he or she is unable …

OBJECTIVES: Psychiatric advance directives allow competent persons to document
advance instructions or designate a health care agent to communicate their preferences for …