VIOLENT BEHAVIOR, SMD, AND INVOLUNTARY OUTPATIENT COMMITMENT

该项目建立在目前资助的一项研究(MH48103，M.Swartz，PI)的基础上 样本中法院强制门诊治疗的有效性 在320名严重精神障碍患者中。这项资助的研究是一项 OPC的随机临床试验，系统地排除了患有 有记录在案的进攻史。拟议的研究将招募 这些被排除的对象中有60人有袭击历史，并将 对此样本进行等值的基线和后续评估 目的是提供一个非随机对照组的暴力结局 接受门诊治疗的非暴力精神病患者与非暴力精神病患者 承诺。第六项研究亦会将跟进期间由第一次延长至第二次 在整个OPC样本上，包括暴力和非暴力亚组， 以便对OPC的长期影响进行评估。

This project builds on a currently funded study (MH48103, M. Swartz, PI) of the effectiveness of court-mandated outpatient treatment in a sample of 320 persons with severe mental disorder. The funded study, a randomized clinical trial of OPC, systematically excludes subjects with a documented history of assaultiveness. The proposed study will recruit 60 of these excluded subjects with a history of assaults, and will conduct equivalent baseline and follow-up assessments on this sample in order to provide a nonrandomized comparison group of outcomes for violent vs. nonviolent mentally ill individuals who receive outpatient commitment. Study 6 will also extend the follow-up period from 1 to 2 years on the entire OPC sample, both violent and non-violent subgroups, so that the longer term effects of OPC can be evaluated.