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Endorsement of personal benefit of outpatient commitment among persons with severe mental illness.

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Swartz, MS; Swanson, JW; Monahan, J

Published in: Psychol Public Policy Law

2003

This study examines whether individuals who experienced involuntary outpatient commitment (OPC) attribute benefit to this intervention. It was found that the majority of experimental subjects who underwent a period of OPC did not personally endorse OPC's benefits at the end of the study, either because they did not think it improved treatment adherence or because they rejected their own need for continued treatment. However, at the end of the study, a positive appraisal of benefit was roughly twice as likely among subjects who actually experienced positive treatment outcomes. These data provide little support for acceptance and "gratitude" as a rationale to support decision making about OPC continuation. Rather, clinicians need to rely on other clinical and empirical data for such decision making.

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Author Marvin Stanley Swartz Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychia ...

Author Jeffrey W. Swanson Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychia ...

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Psychol Public Policy Law

DOI

10.1037/1076-8971.9.1-2.70

ISSN

1076-8971

Publication Date

2003

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1-2

Start / End Page

70 / 93

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

Treatment Outcome
Psychotic Disorders
Persons with Psychiatric Disorders
Patient Satisfaction
Mentally Ill Persons
Humans
Data Collection
Criminology
Community Mental Health Services
Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders

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Swartz, M. S., Swanson, J. W., & Monahan, J. (2003). Endorsement of personal benefit of outpatient commitment among persons with severe mental illness. Psychol Public Policy Law, 9(1–2), 70–93. https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-8971.9.1-2.70

Swartz, Marvin S., Jeffrey W. Swanson, and John Monahan. “Endorsement of personal benefit of outpatient commitment among persons with severe mental illness.” Psychol Public Policy Law 9, no. 1–2 (2003): 70–93. https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-8971.9.1-2.70.

Swartz MS, Swanson JW, Monahan J. Endorsement of personal benefit of outpatient commitment among persons with severe mental illness. Psychol Public Policy Law. 2003;9(1–2):70–93.

Swartz, Marvin S., et al. “Endorsement of personal benefit of outpatient commitment among persons with severe mental illness.” Psychol Public Policy Law, vol. 9, no. 1–2, 2003, pp. 70–93. Pubmed, doi:10.1037/1076-8971.9.1-2.70.

Swartz MS, Swanson JW, Monahan J. Endorsement of personal benefit of outpatient commitment among persons with severe mental illness. Psychol Public Policy Law. 2003;9(1–2):70–93.