Citation

Lamb HR, Weinberger LE, Gross BH. Am. J. Psychiatry 1988; 145(4): 450-456.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3348447

Abstract

The authors conducted a 5-year follow-up study of 79 persons found not guilty by reason of insanity who were referred to and accepted for court-mandated community outpatient treatment. This was a severely mentally ill and violent group with extensive experience in both the criminal justice and mental health systems. This program was not without risks despite a readiness to revoke the patients' conditional release status when indicated; during the 5-year follow-up period, 25 (32%) were rearrested (18 72%. for crimes of violence), 37 (47%) were hospitalized, and 38 (48%) had their conditional releases revoked. The authors believe that members of this population need social controls and long-term treatment when they are in the community.

Language: en