Thursday, July 28, 2005
Interesting Study on Compulsory Treatment of Mental Illness
The study found " judicial orders that mandate severely ill psychotic patients to undergo compulsory community treatment are associated with decreased time spent in the hospital and thus increased personal freedom."
Effects of Compulsory Treatment Orders on Time to Hospital Readmission -- Frank et al. 56 (7): 867 -- Psychiatric Services:
We must find a middle ground between warehousing the mentally ill in dickensian asylums and a laissez-faire policy that protects neither the mentally ill nor the public.
Effects of Compulsory Treatment Orders on Time to Hospital Readmission -- Frank et al. 56 (7): 867 -- Psychiatric Services:
We must find a middle ground between warehousing the mentally ill in dickensian asylums and a laissez-faire policy that protects neither the mentally ill nor the public.
