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Israel's involuntary outpatient commitment law: lessons from the American experience

Kanter, Arlene, Aviram, Uri·1995·Israel Law Review
DOI 10.1017/s0021223700014801
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In 1991, Israel enacted a new mental health law entitled the Treatment of Mental Patients Law, 1991. This law includes, for the first time, a provision authorizing involuntary outpatient commitment (“IOC”). In its simplest form, IOC is the procedure by which an individual who is determined to be mentally ill is ordered to comply involuntarily with mental health treatment outside of a hospital setting. The new Israeli involuntary outpatient commitment provision, known as “compulsory ambulatory care”, provides that an individual who meets the standards for civil commitment may be committed to involuntary outpatient treatment as a condition of release from inpatient care, or as a dispositional alternative to involuntary hospitalization. Originally enacted in the United States as a condition of release for persons being discharged from mental hospitals, or as an alternative to involuntary hospitalization, involuntary outpatient commitment has now been enacted in various forms in different countries throughout the world. The new Israeli IOC law is modeled after American IOC laws, (particularly those enacted in the early 1980's), which seek to provide involuntary mental health treatment to persons who do not meet a strict test of dangerousness for involuntary commitment.

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  • Compulsory treatment for people with severe mental disorders in the community is used in many countries, including Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA.

    “Compulsory treatment for people with severe mental disorders in the community is used in many countries, including Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA (Kanter 1995; Torrey 1995; Light 2012; Gray 2016).”

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Authors
Kanter, A., & Aviram, U.
ORCID
Aviram, Uri
Venue
Israel Law Review
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1995
Volume
29
Issue
4
Pages
565-635
ISSN
  • 0021-2237 (ISSN-L)
  • 2047-9336
DOI
10.1017/s0021223700014801
OpenAlex
W2486935325
Cited by
10
References
97
Citations by year
2017: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
0.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 7124 d)
Locations
Israel Law Review (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Law and Policy
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, Medicine and Society
Keywords
involuntary outpatient commitment, mental health law, civil commitment, involuntary admission, psychiatric hospital discharge, Israel

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