CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR INVOLUNTARY OUTPATIENT TREATMENT
PRACTITIONER'S RESOURCE SERIES

By:
J. REID MELOY
ANSAR HAROUN
EUGENE F. SCHILLER

    The first clinical guide exclusively devoted to involuntary outpatient mental health treatment.  Important and timely given the rapid national growth of involuntary civil and criminal outpatient commitment programs.  Drawing on their respective disciplines of psychology, psychiatry, and clinical social work, the authors present a comprehensive biopsychosocial treatment framework.  This book contains state-of-the-science information concerning the proper use of biomedical consultants, defensible hypotheses concerning the assessment of violence risk, and identification of subtle neuroendocrine disorders that can mask as psychiatric problems.  Special sections are devoted to the interactions of various acting-out personality disorders with psychoses.  Reviews applications of psychological testing with this population.  Psychotherapeutic issues are addressed including reactive countertransference states, such as fear of assault or harm, that you can expect when you work with involuntary clients.  Includes numerous practical legal questions and answers.

REVIEWS

"...Meloy and colleagues provide valuable, practical guidance for mental health professionals.  While the literature regarding inpatient commitment often focuses solely upon psychiatry and the law, this book breaks new ground in bridging the disciplines involved in outpatient treatment.  I particularly like the list of issues related to prediction in violence...The references are all quite timely, a necessity for work in this field."
     *William H. Reid, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation