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A competency-based approach to court-ordered outpatient treatment
J L Geller1, M McDermeit, A J Grudzinskas
1University of Massachusetts Medical Center, USA.
New Directions for Mental Health Services
|October 1, 1997
Abstract:
A quasi-experimental study of involuntary outpatient treatment in Massachusetts is described and analyzed. Results indicate decreased hospital use by the involuntarily treated outpatients, which may or may not be due to the involuntary intervention itself.