title: [Involuntary outpatient commitment: ethical and legal aspects].
abstract: In 1991 the Israeli Knesset (parliament) drafted new legislation for the treatment of the mentally ill. One of the innovations was involuntary outpatient commitment (IOC), which allows the district psychiatrist to order a patient to attend a clinic and receive ambulatory care. IOC is an attempt to address the problem of the "revolving door" patients, chronic mental patients who after discharge do not continue medication and therefore relapse and have to be readmitted.
authors.affiliation: Shalvata Mental Health Center, Hod-Hasharon.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Levkowitch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weiser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neumann
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel