title: Medication refusal--clinical picture and outcome after use of administrative review.
abstract: To determine the effectiveness of the Administrative Review as a tool in discerning which patients who refuse medication should be medicated involuntarily; define characteristics of voluntarily and involuntarily committed patients who refuse medication; and compare posttreatment status of patients who successfully refused medication with those who were administered medication involuntarily.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Services Medical Center of LA at New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Urrutia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D003657:Decision Making; D003702:Delusions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D008875:Middle Aged; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000523:psychology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders; D012559:Schizophrenia; D012917:Social Adjustment; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents