Involuntary outpatient commitment: ethical and legal aspects

Y. Levkowitch; M. Weiser; A. Levy; M. Neumann

Involuntary outpatient commitment: ethical and legal aspects

Y. Levkowitch, M. Weiser, A. Levy, M. Neumann

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Abstract

In 1991 the Israeli Knesset (parliament) drafted new legislation for the treatment of the mentally ill. One of the innovations was involuntary outpatient commitment (IOC), which allows the district psychiatrist to order a patient to attend a clinic and receive ambulatory care. IOC is an attempt to address the problem of the "revolving door" patients, chronic mental patients who after discharge do not continue medication and therefore relapse and have to be readmitted.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	669-672, 740
Journal	Harefuah
Volume	124
Issue number	11
State	Published - 1 Jun 1993
Externally published	Yes

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