Consumer perceptions of involuntary outpatient commitment
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1999
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.11.1489
Abstract
This study examined beliefs about the provisions of outpatient commitment and their effects among 306 people with severe and persistent mental illness who were awaiting a period of outpatient commitment. More than 80 percent of the respondents perceived that the court order for outpatient commitment required them to keep their appointments at the mental health center and to take medication as prescribed. More than three-quarters believed that the outpatient commitment order made it more likely that people would keep their mental health appointments, take their medication, and stay out of the hospital. Abstract Teaser
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Psychiatric Services, v. 50, issue 11, p. 1489-1491
Scholar Commons Citation
Borum, Randy; Swartz, Marvin; Riley, Sharon; and Swanson, Jeffrey, "Consumer perceptions of involuntary outpatient commitment" (1999). Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications. 202.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mhlp_facpub/202
