title: Justices restrict forced medication preceding a trial: mental competency issue. In 6-3 ruling, court says use of drugs must be in best interest of defendant.
authors: Linda
authors: L
authors: Greenhouse
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003068:Coercion; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents