Effect of the Jamison-Farabee consent decrees: due process protection for involuntary psychiatric patients treated with psychoactive medication

Effect of the Jamison-Farabee consent decrees: due process protection for involuntary psychiatric patients treated with psychoactive medication

The Jamison-Farabee consent decree in California mandates an outside psychiatrists' review of involuntary medication of state hospital patients. Examination of a sample of patients subject to the decree and two comparable samples 1 year and 10 years earlier suggests that patients' successf...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of psychiatry 1987-02, Vol.144 (Feb 87), p.188-192
Hauptverfasser: Hargreaves, W A, Weinstein, A, Knutsen, E J, Shumway, M, Senter, N
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Sprache:eng
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California
Drugs
Involuntary administration
Patients
Psychiatric hospitals
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Zusammenfassung:The Jamison-Farabee consent decree in California mandates an outside psychiatrists' review of involuntary medication of state hospital patients. Examination of a sample of patients subject to the decree and two comparable samples 1 year and 10 years earlier suggests that patients' successful medication refusal was no more frequent after implementation of the decree and that the precedure had negliglible effects on patient care or outcome for patients not denied medication. (Abstract amended)
ISSN:0002-953X