title: Medication refusal by psychiatric inpatients in the military.
abstract: Military psychiatrists must occasionally treat mentally ill active duty patients who refuse medications. Unlike their civilian counterparts, military psychiatrists have no established procedure to allow for involuntary treatment under non-emergency conditions. The following case and discussion is presented to illustrate how existing guidelines do not allow for optimal care of some of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX 78236.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Beighley
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D013781:Texas; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology*