Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science 2015
DOI: 10.1002/9780470061589.fsa317.pub2
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Treatment, Mandated Mental Health

Abstract: Mandated mental health treatment in the forms of inpatient and outpatient commitments is utilized to protect individuals from themselves or others from their potentially violent behavior. This entry outlines legal cases that have outlined that forced treatment is a liberty issue, even in the presence of a compelling government interest to force treatment. This entry also reviews specific mechanisms for treatment including mental health courts and even treatment occurring in the context of probation. Evidence s… Show more

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