Assisted outpatient treatment moves involuntary psychiatric care into communities — a controversial approach among disability rights advocates.

The county Department of Human Services [ACDHS] took that step after analysis of its program for forced inpatient mental health care — known as 302 commitments — showed high rates of death, emergency ...

Patients and clinicians from New York and Ohio share perspectives on an involuntary mental health tool that Allegheny County may soon implement.