Editing Outpatient commitment (section)

====Cost====

Research published in 2013 showed that [[Kendra's Law]] in New York, which served about 2,500 patients at a cost of $32 million, had positive results in terms of net cost, reduced arrests.<ref name=AJP73013>{{cite journal |last1=Swanson |first1=Jeffrey W. |first2=Richard A. |last2=Van Dorn |first3=Marvin S. |last3=Swartz |first4=Pamela Clark |last4=Robbins |first5=Henry J. |last5=Steadman |first6=Thomas G. |last6=McGuire |first7=John |last7=Monahan |display-authors=3 |title=The Cost of Assisted Outpatient Treatment: Can It Save States Money? |journal=American Journal of Psychiatry |date=July 30, 2013 |doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12091152 |pmid=23896998 |url=http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/Article.aspx?ArticleID=1722044 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808111242/http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/Article.aspx?ArticleID=1722044 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 8, 2013 |access-date=July 30, 2013 |quote=Assisted outpatient treatment requires a substantial investment of state resources but can reduce overall service costs for persons with serious mental illness. |volume=170 |issue=12 |pages=1423–1432 |s2cid=34004755 }}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=October 2017}} About $125 million is also spent annually on improved outpatient treatment for patients who are not subject to the law. In contrast to New York, despite wide adoption of outpatient commitment, the programs were generally not adequately funded.<ref name=NYT73013>{{cite news|title=Program Compelling Outpatient Treatment for Mental Illness Is Working, Study Says|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/us/program-compelling-outpatient-treatment-for-mental-illness-is-working-study-says.html|access-date=July 30, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 30, 2013|first=Pam |last=Belluck}}</ref>

"Although numerous AOT programs currently operate across the United States, it is clear that the intervention is vastly underutilized."<ref name=nreppadmin>{{cite web |last=Stettin |first=Brian |date=February 2015 |title=Intervention Summary: Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) |website=NREPP: SAMHSA'S National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices |url=http://legacy.nreppadmin.net/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=401 |access-date=11 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201202522/http://legacy.nreppadmin.net/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=401 |archive-date=1 February 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>