title: Liberty and tardive dyskinesia: informed consent to antipsychotic medication in the forensic psychiatric hospital.
abstract: This paper addresses informed consent to antipsychotic medication of those incarcerated in a forensic psychiatric hospital. The ways in which the unique setting of the forensic psychiatric hospital impinge upon the three components of informed consent--information, voluntariness, and competency--are explored. Special attention is given to the risk-benefit ratio of receiving antipsychotic medication in terms of the liberty interests at stake--freedom of movement, that is, the effects of tardive dyskinesia, and freedom of space, that is, release from the forensic psychiatric facility.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kleinman
mesh_terms: D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D035846:Law Enforcement; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011329:Prisoners; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs