Outpatient Commitment. Some Reflections on Ideology, Practice and Implications for Research
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https://doi.org/10.19164/ijmhcl.v1i5.368Abstract
Over the recent years, increased attention has been paid to non-compliance by mentally disordered patients living in the community with outpatient treatment. To deal with this problem many countries are now revising relevant legislation, to introduce a broader base for involuntary treatment in the community. This paper focuses both on the problems concerning the ideology and implementation of involuntary outpatient treatment, and on some of the research problems related to the evaluation of both the efficacy and effectiveness of outpatient commitment.
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