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The following article was written by Dr. Jeffrey Geller and Jonathan Stanley, J.D. on the constitutionality of assisted outpatient treatment laws.

• Setting the Doubts About the Constitutionality of Outpatient Commitment  (New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement, Winter 2005)

The following review of New York case law was prepared by Fred Cohen and focuses on assisted outpatient treatment.

• Assisted Outpatient Treatment: Review of New York Case Law And Beyond - Implications for Correction
  (Correctional Mental Health Report, July/August 2001)

The following article was prepared by E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., and Robert J. Kaplan, J.D., on the extent of use of outpatient commitment in the United States.

• A National Survey of the Use of Outpatient Commitment
  (Psychiatric Services, Aug. 1995)

The following article was prepared by Robert J. Kaplan, J.D. as a guide for families who must make the difficult decision to pursue commitment for a loved one in Virginia.  Although some of the points are specific to Virginia law, many of the general points will be very helpful to families preparing for a commitment hearing.

• Keys to Commitment
  by Robert J. Kaplan, Esquire

The following articles were prepared by Paul F. Stavis, Esq., recently named Director of the Institute of Law and Psychiatry at George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Virginia.  Prior to this post, Mr. Stavis served as Chief Counsel to the New York State Commission on the Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled.  The articles below were published in the Commission's Quality Care semi-monthly newsletter.

• Involuntary Hospitalization in the Modern Era:
  Is "Dangerousness" Ambiguous or Obsolete?
  by Paul F. Stavis

• Civil Commitment: Past, Present, and Future
  An Address by Paul F. Stavis at the National Conference of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Washington, D.C. July 21, 1995

• Psychiatric Involuntary Treatment:
  Developments in Mental Hygiene Law in 1993
  by Paul F. Stavis, Counsel to the Commission

• Conditional Discharge:
  A Very Old Idea Whose Time Has Returned
  by Paul F. Stavis, Counsel to the Commission

• Violent Acts by Persons with Mental Illness:
  What Are Society's Options under the Current Law?
  by Paul Stavis and Amy Petragnani
  

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