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  2. Sexually violent predator laws - Wikipedia

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    The legislature finds that a small but extremely dangerous group of sexually violent predators exist who do not have a mental disease or defect that renders them appropriate for the existing involuntary treatment act . . . which is intended to be a short-term civil commitment system that is primarily designed to provide short-term treatment to ...

  3. Outpatient commitment - Wikipedia

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    Outpatient commitment—also called assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) or community treatment orders (CTO)—refers to a civil court procedure wherein a legal process orders an individual diagnosed with a severe mental disorder to adhere to an outpatient treatment plan designed to prevent further deterioration or recurrence that is harmful to themselves or others.

  4. Involuntary commitment by country - Wikipedia

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    Under the amended Mental Health Act 2007, which came into force in November 2008 to be detained under Section 3 for treatment, appropriate treatment must be available in the place of detention. Supervised Community treatment orders signifies that people can be discharged to the community on a conditional basis, remaining liable to recall to ...

  5. Special session will focus on mental health treatment - AOL

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    The measure is intended to strengthen a 2016 law that allows district judges to order involuntary treatment for people with severe mental illness who have frequent brushes with law enforcement.

  6. 45 counties, including Kern, to delay launch of major mental ...

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    Dec. 2—Nearly every county across California will share an unfortunate resolution in the coming year: They each will delay their launch of a new mental health law expected to change the face of ...

  7. Governor pulls bill to expand involuntary treatment

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    Jun. 27—SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has scrapped a proposal for debate at next month's special session that was intended to expand court-supervised outpatient treatment for people ...

  8. Involuntary commitment - Wikipedia

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    This treatment may involve the administration of psychoactive drugs, including involuntary administration. In many jurisdictions, people diagnosed with mental health disorders can also be forced to undergo treatment while in the community; this is sometimes referred to as outpatient commitment and shares legal processes with commitment.

  9. Deinstitutionalization in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Many of the participants consisted of ex-patients of mental institutions who felt the need to challenge the system's treatment of the mentally ill. [1] Initially, this movement targeted issues surrounding involuntary commitment, use of electroconvulsive therapy, anti-psychotic medication, and coercive psychiatry. [1]